what have you bought so far? part 4

UPS just dropped off "Blue Paradise" Phlox.....it looks good!

Me, too, Victor.

Welcome to the Northeast forum, Dulcigarden.

You will like that one pixie. It changes color as the daylight changes. It is really blue in the morning and evening and more purple when the sun is high in the sky, at least around here. Here is a pic of mine last year in the more blue phase.

Fabulous blue
Jo Ann

LOL Victor, I think the list is hardy though.
Ayankee have you had sucess with your dhalias after pulling them out and storing them for the winter?

I think I planted a blue phlox last fall.

Thanks for the photo Ngam.. It's very pretty!!

I just got my other order of Dahlias...lol...from Connellys. I hope Al chimes in here...Pirl, not sure if you've tried them or not, Connelly's that is, but OMG...I'm taking a pic now to post here...the things are Huge....especially the one. With the understanding the Dahlias can grow into nice clumps with little root at all, I'm just impressed by the size...the pic I'm posting is 3 from Connelly's vs 5 from Dan's Dahlias.

Pixie and I, kindred spirits. First pic, the "need to be warmer outside guys"...glads, dahlias, datura seeds (they finally started to sprout!!!) canna, and caladiums...
My poor Komondor won't have her grooming table back for awhile...lol.

These are the plant kids that are hardy here, that got the boot to the front porch. I was able to procure some bath blankets from where I work, so, on the cold nights they get covered...

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Grooming table nursery looks familiar. My livingroom window, cannas and caladiums, just went in Wed.

OOPS more plants I bought
Seneca HILL gardens
Penstamon cobaea

Stacys-macrantha
As you can see I'm mixed some violet purples into the soft rusts and creams and oranges.

Nice color on the Penstemon, Jo Ann.

Thom! No size comparisons! It's not important for dahlias. Some varieties just don't make big tubers.

LOL...ok. The really large one, I'm going to have to buy a bigger pot...oye. I just bought 8 more. I know I have other things coming in. Take stock in WalMart everyone...lol.
As long as the tubers are all healthy, and they do their Dahlia thing, I'm gonna be happy :-)

Ugh - just placed another Fairweather order! Itea 'Little Henry' (3), Clethra 'Sixteen Candles' (3), and one more Comptonia - sweet fern.

Then I'm relatively innocent with 8 more dahlias. Now I feel virtuous.

Then shall I order 'Bridal Veil' for you??

I just received a tropical I ordered - Michelia champaca. Supposedly used for Joy perfume. Any of you familiar with that perfume? I am not.

i know it has been made since pre WWII and it was advertised as the most expensive perfume in the world (though i doubt that it is true now).

Wow. Hopefully it smells good!

You'll have to let us know, Victor.

New growth on one of my new JM's - 'Kamagata'.

Vic those leaves look like ducks' feet. :~)

I do feed it tree 'quackers'...

Bought my new glasses.

Victor my wallet is very familiar with Joy, it is my wifes favorite perfume. It use to be sold at Macy's and now it can only be found in secondary stores. Perfumia is the store I found it in. The bottle says it is made from gardenias and roses.

Thanks, wha. Do you like the scent?

Nice blue phlox NGam---I love phlox, but have not tried that one---Victor--another nice JM, although I liked the pink feather one even more. Amy---I share your frustration with the seedlings--mine were doing great--then---the tops were EATEN. The only thing they (I'm assuming mice) did not touch were the annual scabious. My sprouts are now upstairs out of the cellar, & a trip to HD today for electronic mouse eliminators--my cousin swears they work, & I hate the traps, so hopefully the mice will leave (I plan to keep the door open so they don't come upstairs). Two years ago, our son had a snapping turtle in his cellar--he had not moved in yet, his cellar windows were open, but it was a long drop to the floor! The leap didnt kill him--my son had to put it in a box & remove it.

LIGladLover, I had to laugh when I saw your closet. I commandeered a guest room closet for mine too. It works great except when I left a box containing some fritillaria in it last fall for a few weeks. Those stink, big time. Now it is full of several hundred lilies waiting for one more order to come so I can plant them all at once. Plus there are a mess of glads in there that I can't put out for a while.

Robin, sorry about your seedlings, mine are growing, but slowly and few seem to be duds. Or is it me?

I was feeling left out of the planting frenzy, but I got a few boxes today. I will be planting this week end. They are all small starter plants so it will be quick. But it is a start. I am printing out the labels tonight. Patti

forestfarm order

2 Campanula Pink Octopus
Campanula Plum Wine
Chrysanthemum Summer Snowball
Clematis fargesii (potaninii)
Euphorbia Orange Grove
2 Fragaria vesca Variegata
Gentiana makinoi Royal Blue
Hakonechloa macra Albostriata
Lavatera Barnsley Baby
Sanicula caerulescens
Syringa josiflexa James Macfarlane
Syringa meyeri Palibin
Syringa vulgaris Albert F.Holden
Syringa vulgaris Sensation
Viburnum bodnantense Dawn
Viburnum cassinoides
Viburnum dilatatum Erie
Viburnum hillieri Winton
Viburnum opulus Xanthocarpum
Viburnum sargentii Onondaga
Viburnum trilobum Wentworth
Viburnum plicatum toment. Lanarth
2 Viburnum edule

Bluestones
3 Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii
3 Campanula Birch Hybrid
3 Euphorbia Tiny Tim
3 Verbascum phoeniceum Violetta
3 Veronica Fairytale
Clethra alnifolia Hummingbird
Forsythia viridissima var. koreana Kumson
Hydrangea macrophylla Cityline Paris
Hydrangea The swan
Vitex agnus-castus Abbeville Blue

thanks, Robin.
i found the article about "wintersowing" in the spring, and i think i may try that on Sunday with a couple things. To bad we don't get milk - or anything - in plastic jugs. i have 2 smaller ones from juice and that's it.

When can i dig and divide daylilies, liriopes, dianthus, and coreopsis?

I have a fairly large. mostly shaded area im trying to fill in....can you tell? Any ideas would be appreciated!

Golden Leopard Toad Lily -Tricyrtis - Shade - NEW!
Bicolor English Monkshood - Aconitum -Shade-
Diamonds and Pearls Astilbe - Pure White - Very Hardy
Bridal Veil Astilbe - Pure White
Yellow Sunrise Toad Lily -Tricyrtis - Shade
Light at Dawn Iris - Double Flowers Full and Ruffled
1 Jack Frost Brunnera

Hosta's:
1 Chop Sticks
1 Inspire Greatness
2 June
2 Peanut
2 Rootin Tootin

Thom, I use milk containers for my dahlias. Here's a website that gave me the idea. http://www.sfdahlia.org/how.to.grow/calendar/calendar.htm - scroll down to Fuss February.

Arlene - that bridal veil is beautiful. I want to add more astilbe in my shade garden and that will definitely be joining the others.

I love the "Jack Frost "plant good choice
Jo Ann

I just unpacked my Sooner Plant Farm order. Boy was I amazed at the packaging. Nothing was going to move in that box. Tools necessary to open box include box knife and screwdriver to pry off the staples. The plants were all in good condition and looked very healthy. They even gave a package of fertilizer for planting. They include a planting instructions sheet and give you 48 hours to report any dammage.

guess i bought my hellebores from the wrong place... mine where no where near blooming size... i see a bud on one of yours... everything looks great though

Nice lists of plants from everyone. They all sound very nice. Pixie don't forget the old fashioned fern leaf bleeding heart, they give a nice texture and color contrast in foliage. Hakonechloa is also very nice in a mostly shaded area, the golden color stands out and has a graceful shape, it is hardy to z5 (-20f). The Brunnera just keeps getting better every year here too.
I was also impressed with the Sooner order I received. This was my first order from them this year but not the last, nice packaging and nice sized heathy plants.

I grow these in a mostly shaded area, but I am a tad warmer than you. Poor thing! But I think many of these would be go for you and many of these have tons of cultivars. Patti

Anemone Sylvestris
Aruncus
Campanula
Bergenia
Lamium
Lobelia
Primula
Viola
Trollius
Adenophora
Tiarella
Siberian Iris
Aquilegia
nectaroscordum siculum
Ligularia
Thalictrum flavum subsp. glaucum
Pulmonaria
Asarum europaeum
Amsonia
Actaea
Digitalis
Polemonium
Heucherella
Heuchera
Dicentra
Geranium tuberosum
Rodgersia
Large Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora

Anita - very nice plants there and superb packaging. These nurseries are really doing so well with the packaging and it's so greatly appreciated by all of us. The Bridal Veil also grows well in full sunshine as long as the soil remains moist. It's on the extreme left here.

Wow pirl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are those iris type white beauties?
Jo Ann