Whew, what a day - just getting started

25 day lilies from Terry's co-op
20 Cannas from notmarthas co-op
25 lilies from debi's co-op
dozens of liatris and queen fabiola
lily of the valley
hostas from smilin ;)

That and quite a few other things - it's a start.

Remaining - more cannas, snapdragons, daisies, daturas, amaranthus, nasturtiums, rain lilies, callas, freesias, morning glories, more morning glories and the list goes on - but at least I got quite a few of the "big things" out of the way today.

What did other people plant today?

Being as yesterday was "Good Friday" I did plant several things that I had started from seeds.
Black hollyhock
Butterfly weed
gopher purge
roadside lilies
Vicks plant
motherwort
celosia
balsam
bluestart amsona?
toothache plant

Can't remember what else I planted. These were all just small plants, I only wish they were full size plants...that way my bed would be full now! LOL

I doubt I would have gotton these planted if I had not had the help of my son(11) He is such a big help!! And for a boy his age he seems to have the tender touch that one needs when planting plants. ahhh 1 out of 3 ain't bad!

It seems like that is all I have been doing lately...planting. The more I plant the more there is to plant. I am going to be planting some pink Lady Slipper seeds to see if they will come up again. This time I will keep them out of the sun. I did get a late start on my seed planting this year but do hope all the seeds I planted last wed will grow into beautiful blooming plants.

Unfortunately I just finished spending over an hour patiently raking through 4" of stucco and wood debris atop one of my flower beds. We were doing some minor remodeling and upon breaking into an exterior wall, heard the two most dreaded words of a homeowner -- "dry rot".

Fortunately it hadn't gotten too far, but did require removing the stucco and sheeting from about a 3x6 area. Naturally this was right overhead of a flower bed I had so carefully replanted back in November, and was getting excited because the plants were just starting to do well!

I was able to cover and save some prized roses and vines on either side, but the bed's a mess. Oh well, it's an excuse to go out and buy some more plants, I guess!
:((

Sorry to hear about your plants and I know how you feel.
We just had a new roof put on our house and I am still geting some of the roofing material and nails out of my yard and flower garden it's a pain in the behind.

I transplanted some daffodils and some stonecrop to my grotto. Also planted some annual forget-me-nots. My obedient plants and bright lavender bee-balm are known as invasive, and believe me, they invaded.

I received a big box from Red Barn Gardens which included:
Digitalis Ambigua (yellow perennial foxglove), Shasta Daisy "Becky", Bee Balm "Petite Delight", and Papaver Orienta "Brillant" (red perennial poppies). These were planted to supplement foxglove and Shasta Daisies started from seed.

I also planted Liatris, Iceland Poppies, Red Hot Poker, and red honeysuckle.

I am also fighting rust on my hollyhocks. So in order to stay ahead of this blight, I removed all leaves with any sign of the rust spore and sprayed with a fungicide.

Also, I should be able to think about sowing some annual seeds this next weekend, assuming the spring monsoons let up.

Well, a few days BEFORE this thread started, I transplanted several Bleeding Hearts, Hostas, Pulmonarias, Ferns, and Alchemillas into a shade bed that had a little o' this and a little 'o that before then. (I finally decided to "mass" (read: plop) the like plants together in drifts and go for that "full" look...of course, next year, they'll probably be elbowing each other for room. Ah well...)

Then I packaged up plants to take to my mom - a cutleaf lilac, daylilies from the co-op, several tomatoes, eggplants and peppers, plus a few other goodies (Vigna caracalla, Blue Moneywort/Shrimp Plant, and a few other interesting things.)

Coming back home, I snagged a bag of Gold Standard Hosta ($6 for 12, and they were HEALTHY looking roots - wow!), plus a Perilla that looks like Coleus, and some of my grandma's tiger lilies, and some shallots.) Got all those potted up when I got back.

Today, I scraped maple seeds (propellers) off my paths around my ponds, and arranged some hostas in a bed that is suffering from an identity crisis. Tomorrow it will become the official "hosta bed" :)