Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June #2, 2014, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Well--how timely!

What I was doing half the day was, desperately, trying to get rid of all the plants still
languishing on my tables. Some bigger--some barely seedling size.

Walking around half the day with a plant in my hand trying to find a small open spot
somewhere...anywhere! .Darn all those yellowing leaves!!!!!!! Be Gone!!!

This is called "stuffing my beds full".... but I was determined not to have anything left.
Later--when all this grows and blooms--you all will think I had some kind of a
"Master Plan" for everything.....I KNOW you will.....

Ended up making up a lot of potted plants--with this and that added to the MAIN plant.
I think I created about 5 pots--some large some smaller. I was on a MISSION!!!

Still have to plant out all my Caladiums--they are all sprouting--FINALLY!!
Out of the 15 pots--maybe 4 have not shown any life yet. They may be dead--or late.
Those sprouts are really growing fast---now to find homes for as many as i can.
I DID save spots in the main beds....put a stick in the places I want one.

The biggest "long shot" of all the things I planted in pots are te purple and yellow
Daturas. Whatever was their problem--they were only 1 1/2" tall.
Planted them anyway--and surrounded them with other flowers.

All I have left are several of the speckled Coleus (Carnival) which are about 18" tall.
Thinking of just cutting off the tops and re-rooting them one more time.
I also still have a slew of the "Dwarf red Coreopsis" big-by-now seedlings.
These were supposed to be my R. Hirtas!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR....

Will tackle the Caladium planting Monday--my next free day.
Also--have to divide the "Pregnant Onion"...There are 3 large ones--and then
a bunch of the "marble babies"....Sally--will pot up one of the smaller big ones for you--
it is the size of a Clementine..maybe...
Will put it in a nice clay pot....

Feeling a bit relieved that all this is done. almost done.....

It is rumbling and lightening outside right now--another storm coming.....
Geeesh! Enough is enough!!!! The ground and lawn are like a wet sponge!


Sally--ID this little spider for me....Two of them have been sitting on the yet
unopened flat buds of the Tiger Lilies...
I think (??) that it is one of those "Jumping" spiders??? Or--whatever they are called...
Two of them were sitting on two buds all day. Are these "good Guys" or "bad Guys"??

Gita