Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Officially Autumn- fall garden chores, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Speedie---
Planted one of the verbenas in the front part of my "YUK" bed--in front of all my Daylilies.
Since nothing else ever grows there--I am hoping this verbena will strut her stuff.
NOT afraid to cut and chop as needed--IF needed. I DO have my visions...............

Pippi--

Must be nice to have all that yard work done by someone else!
I am sure it cost you--but still........a load off your shoulders.

SO! What did I get done today?
--I planted a few stray bulbs--here and there. Three of them were Paper Whites from last Holiday season.
Anyone know if they will come up and bloom? Will they last from year to year?

--Found a container full of more Wood Hyacinth bulbs (from my digging up craze this past spring)
and planted them in a small area right next to my AC unit. Before I could do that--I dug up the
remnants of my orange Poppies that were languishing there and potted them up.
Done! Got all the tap root too.

My neighbor came hauling a totally root-bound small pot with a dark purple, perennial aster.
She has about 3 more of them growing in her beds. Also--a huge root-ball full of the same.
This one I will try to divide, pot up and will have it for the spring swap. Or--i will give them away to
some gardener at HD.
--I planted the smaller one right under my Butterfly Bush in the corner of my "YUK" bed
where I dug out all my Alaska daisies for Paul. In front of the Aster clump--I planted
a small starter clump of the lavender/pink Autumn sedum--also from my neighbor.
We have a symbiotic relationship of give and take. Lately--she gives and I take--
not really wanting to--but I have more outlets of "takers"--so I take her stuff out of mercy.

As you can see--and as I have said many times here--for me to plant something NEW--
something old has to go.
Tomorrow my BIG chore is to mow the lawn......and continue cleaning out my beds.

Gita

PS. Just throwing it out here.....When I have to vut back my Dr. Seuss brug--I am not planning to root
too many cuttings. Maybe a couple? By now, everyone must have at least one.

IF anyone here--or anywhere else would like to have some cuttings, I will be glad to mail
them out for postage. Please pass the word around.

Paul--Here is a teaser shot for you!