NGAM has confessed to putting in orders with GC and Blue stone.
I am guilty of jumping the' "Spring Orders" gun with GC and Bluestone and Rosy Dawn.
I'm waiting for Mischels and Annies Annuals to rev up their 09 catalogues so I can haunt them and get the container combos composing finished.
Anyone else dreaming of UPS deliveries in April?
This message was edited Dec 23, 2008 6:11 PM
Forgot to tell you what I ordered.
GC Begonias Belliagio pink
Mandalay
Nonstop Mocca
Liatris Kolbold
Bluestone:
Campanulas- Sarastro - -urticifolia
Mexican Hat
Persicaria--Coriopsis sunfire-- Rudbeckia hirta Moreno
the Rosy Dawn order is 40 different plants so for get it.
You'll see them as the summer unfolds.
Okay here's the list.
From Garden Crossings:
Butterfly Bush 'Miss Ruby'
coreopsis 'Full Moon'
smokebush 'Grace'
echinacea 'Pink Poodle'
daylily 'Rosy Returns'
From Brushwood Nursery:
honeysuckle 'Magnifica'
hardy jasmine 'Margarita'
From Bluestone -not ordered yet:
two mums,'Grandeur' and 'Sunny Morning'
lavener 'Hidcote superior'
penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'
foxglove 'Dalmation Purple'
Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons'
rudbeckia 'Prairie Sun'
Viburnum 'Cardinal Candy'
Agatache 'Heat Wave'
So that is my list and I'm sticking to it. Well probably, maybe, but for sure most likely. I like the pics preview btw. Can't wait to see all your pots this summer. :)
WOW Your list looks great.
I went to Narure Hills to look at plants but the prices are outta sight.
i have two gift certificates to greer gardens and rarefind from family and santa (who would that be?). looking at mostly japanese maples - maybe 6 or so - no final decisions yet. suspects are koto-no-ito, shitigitatsu sawa, villa taranto, acontifulum, shishigashira, peaches & cream, kotomara, giesha and asahizuru. that is if something off my list of 30 want to have doesn't move up the list.
Dahlias so far. Big surprise (snort)
Daylilies, here, so far. 'Nother big surprise. LOL! I have seeds of various plants on my want list. Will post later.
Karen
Dahlias and by tomorrow there'll be some lilies ordered, then come the coleus from Rosy Dawn.
O seeds. Hundreds ordered already for 2009. I'm a seedaholic so.... ooo pirl I'm so excited already about the new dahlias... ok I will not go down and stare at my dormant dahlias in the cold room... well maybe must a litle peek....ARGH! Who made up this stupid dormant time thing anyway :(
I put in my Rosy Dawn order stated above what I ordered from GC.
I'm waiting for Mischels, Forestfarm,Niche,and other nurseries to either send catalogues or ramp up their online catalogues.
To early for me on seed ordering at this point. The White Christmas delayed my urges of Spring. Snooping about I find interest in Burpee this year. A seedless tomato for goodness sakes and improved patio to boost. Then there are those giant peppers teasing my ego. I usually end up buying more seed than I ever will plant. My little garden is down to about ten plants in total while the rest is a mix of flowers for the hummers and just plain pretty for our patio viewing. My indoor seedling production will be down to one tray for me to fiddle with.
On the "atta boy program" I spent nearly a day sharpening the lawn mower blade and the other garden tools. Part of a second day was oiling up all the metal tools and revarnishing the weathered wooden handles. Sharpening to a new years need has always been a winter chore I do between Christmas and New Years. It's amazing how many cutting tools one collects and how easy it is to keep the spiffy sharp with yearly maintenance. I still have the first pair of nippers I bought when we went to housekeeping over fifty years ago. The suckers are still one of the best pair I own. Today's tools just do not have that good steel in them anymore.......not even the top shelf items.
Tool maintenance is often put aside, docgipe, so I applaud you for taking the time to take care of each and every tool.
Hi Pirl!!
Hope you got everything done for the Holiday.
I agree about the quality of today's tools! I have some of grand mom's tools which are still strong and stable. Well outlasting many, MANY, of the recent tools I have purchased and since have thrown away broken.
Breck's is having a 60% off sale for 48 hours.
So far, I have collected the following seeds for indoor starting
Basil
Leek Musselburgh Improved
Cornflower Black Ball
Cornflower Blue Carpet
Armeria Bees Mixed
Canterbury Bells
Carnation Giant Chabaud Mixed
Delphinium Pacific Hybrid Mixed
Sunflower Russian Giant
Hollyhock Powder Puff Mixed
Lupine Band of Nobles
Mesembryanthemum Sparkles Mixed
Monkey Flower Shade Loving Hybrids
Godetia Sybil Sherwood
Baby's Breath Covent Garden
Cosmos Daydream
Knautia Macedonia
Stock Dwarf Ten Week Mixed
Poppy Bracteatum
Butterfly Mixture
Masterwort Ruby Cloud
Columbine Nora Barlow Mixed
Blanket Flower Goblin
Candytuft Giant Hyacinth
Edelweiss
Maltese Cross Dusky Salmon
Cinquefoil Melton Fire
Pulsatilla Red Cloak
Foxglove Apricot
Lathyrus odoratus grandiflorus Miss Willmott
Bellflower Amethyst
Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Hybrid Mixed
Primula x Candelabra Hybrids
Scabiosa caucasica House's Novelty Mix
Myosotis sylvatica Rosylva
Alstroemeria Dr.Salter's
Verbena x hybrida Adonis Mango F1. Hybrid
April seems so far away, but I know if I blink, it will be here tomorrow.
Wow! Willie, where do you get the time to grow all those seeds? You must have a pretty big greenhouse. I have none, and am hoping to rent a table in one this Feb. to get some seeds started. I'm going to see if I can find a friend to share the cost with, as it's $60 a month, and I don't know if I can afford that. If I could sell a lot of what I'm growing it would make it worthwhile.
Karen
karin you do not necessarily need a green house - you could winter sow which i will try for the first time this year. or grow them inside - i built a contraception in the basement out of strapping with three levels and hung two shop lights for each level that are on chains to raise them as the plants grow. i do not use grow lights just normal shop lights. everything is run on timers and for some i have normal heating pads i place underneight to help germination. works pretty well. each level can hold four typical flats - it is mostly used for the veggy garden stuff and some annuals like marigolds and petunias.
Wow - that's some list, Willie! Yes, Karen, I have grown from seed using regular fluorescent lights and timers.
:-( Unfortunately, not everything I want to grow can be Winter Sown outdoors, Karen.
The GH is only 32' x 10', and already packed full with tropicals at ground level, so this year, I am jury-rigging shelves on the second floor of the house where the rooms open to the GH below. There are 10' x 4' openings to the GH in both the upstairs rooms where I can easily install temporary, makeshift shelves.
An alternative to having a GH is to build a very cheap cold frame out of scrap lumber and poly, or enlist one of the handy (trustworthy) kids of the neighborhood to so do. These can be temporary and set up to extend the climate equivalent to about one zone south for one layer of common, thick poly. Even better with two layers of poly an inch or more apart, that is how my CF is, er, was. I am sure one can be constructed for far less than one month's rent at a GH.
The photo shows my cold frame (early this summer, already empty for the season), which, during a "Tornado Watch 'Party,'" some friends and I made a bit more permanent with scrap plywood, vinyl siding and old windows left over from the GH addition. It used to be only poly, but we were bored, and the power was out .... The poly layers for the roof are about 3" apart. I think the CF is only 3 or 4 foot wide by about 9 or 10 foot long and just tall enough to stand in under the roof's peak (6'5").
I found that I don't need too much room to actually start the seedlings, but when they need to be transplanted, THEN the space crunch is very evident and the CF becomes invaluable because by that time, it is warm enough to utilize. We enter the CF through a small "port" cut into the back of the garage. There are two U-Shaped levels of shelves. One at the sill level of the window, the other at the top of the window where it meets the roof. There is also enough light to keep the shadies happy on the floor, which is simply crushed gravel.
I want to do my "Compost Ring Garden" of veggies this year (if I ever stumble across the directions again), so I will also need to start those, too, somewhere, somehow .....
Want to start yours over here, Karen? :-)
Well, the problem with my basement is that it's cold and damp and floods occasionally, even with the sump pump down there, which has been working overtime lately with all the rain we've been getting. I have shelves down there which I could use with lights, but I couldn't heat the place. Would cost too much. And I don't have room in our house to set up anything. That would work well if I did, as the temperature in our house is always above 60. I could do winter sowing of some things, but other things need a warmer start and a head start as well, certain veggies and annuals I'd like to grow.
Wow! Willie, that cold frame of yours is huge! When I first looked at the picture I was thinking, "okay, where's the CF?". Then I read your description. I was thinking that was a GH. Don't think I could start mine there. Too long of a drive! Might cost me more in gas and time than the table at the GH here would cost.
Karen
I'm most excited about this daylily coming this spring...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/224885/
I'll have to come back after I place a few orders...im due.
Well congrats on that acquisition Celeste. It's a real beauty. I love it. We will need pics of your first blooms on it. Don't ya just love the anticipation of the new spring arrivals. :)
beautiful Pixie!
Gorgeous, Celeste!
Here's a dayliliy I'm getting this spring, the most money I've ever spent on a daylily, but I'm starting a hybridizing program, so I feel it's justified, as I need excellent stock for that.
http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?cultivarsaiunten&1218422736
Karen
Thanks Pat, Allison & Karen! I very excited about the new look of edge, no eye on these daylilies. Normally im a sucker for an eyed one.
Karen, the link doesn't show one single lily....after an auction ends they remove that page and a whole page will load in it's place.
I've already ordered echies and daylilies, now im in a co-op for Canna's and Caladiums. Canna's is open for orders, the Caladiums are doing wish list, only 7 of the top varieties picked will be in the actual co-op. So people are putting what they would like to have then the ones that have the most request for will go into the co-op selection. Check them out if your interested.
Oh, too bad. Here it is on their website, Rainbow Hill Daylily Farm.
http://rainbowhilldaylilyfarm.com/2005intros/michael.html
Karen
Very pretty Karen!!! Anything with 'Lavender Blue Baby' as a parent is sure to be pretty anyways!!
Here are the links to the co-ops:
Caladium:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/934771/
Canna:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/935904/
This message was edited Dec 28, 2008 3:06 PM
Thanks, Celeste. I don't think I'll be buying andy cannas or caladiums. Don't like to dig up stuff in the fall.
Karen
I have already ordered veggie seeds and seed potatoes. Peppers, tomatoes, Pac Choi, lettuce, winter squash etc! Also some large grow bags to plant the potatoes in. Wish I had a small fortune that I could drop at Gardener's Supply for self water containers. Need flexible gardening space and not alot of time for watering.
Have fun with the flowers folks!
Celticgarden I tried the pottingmix with polymer crystals last year in my containers because I'm a lazy waterer. It was more expensive but it sure cut down on the amount of watering. It did a funky jello thing on the surface of the containers during our Joon Moonsoon. No worries though, I just mixed it up a bit once it re-crystalized.
Dahlianut, I may have to add some of that stuff to my potted plants that I sell this year. I always have way too much watering to do with all the pots I have, and it's too much too keep up on.
Karen
Nutsfor in our drought climate for the last few years I just haven't had time for constant container watering. I bought it by the bale at the hardware store and I tell you reduced my container watering from daily to weekly. Note: I don't do annuals in my containers. I'm sure shallow rooted annuals will need much more TLC.
I don't know about the annuals myself, Dahlianut. I would think it may work well for them, too. Most of my potted plants are perennials, though.
Karen
Well then it will be just fabby for sure for you Nutsfor. Check it out.
I will, and thanks for that tidbit of info.
Karen
Park Seeds Order:
1) Spriea ~ Snow Storm Cultivar name: 'Darsnorm'
Plant Width: 3 ft - 5 ft
Plant Height: 3 ft - 5 ft
Zones 4 - 8
Sun Exposure: Part Shade, Full Sun
Bloom Color: Light Pink / White
Bloom Size: 6 in - 8 in
Bloom Season: Late Spring to Mid Summer
Foliage Color: Orange, Red, Blue Green
Soil Types/Tolerance: Sandy, Poor, Normal, loamy, Clay
Additional Features: Long Bloomers, Easy Care Plants, Butterfly Lovers, Bloom First Year, Heat Tolerant,
Disease Resistant
2) Burkwood Viburnum ~ 'Mohawk'
Plant Width: 7 ft
Plant Height: 7 ft
Zones 4 - 8
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Mid Spring to Late Spring
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Berries: Red
3) Corn 'Revelation Hybrid'
4) Zinnia 'Magellan Persian Carpet Mix'
5) Lettuce Collection ~ Green Ice, Master Chef Blend, Summer Glory Blend, and Green Towers.
6) Purple Beautyberry 'Early Amethyst'
7) Organic Lettuce Winter Density
8) Organic Broccoli Decicco
9) Petunia Dolcissima Flambe
10) Heteropappus Blue Knoll
11) Petunia Aladdin Nautical Hybrid Mix
12) Cucumber Park's All-Season Burpless Hybrid
13) Cucumber Salad Bush Hybrid
14) Potato Catalina Hybrid
15) Clematis ~ 'Silver Moon' Group II.
Plant Width: 3 ft
Plant Height: 10 ft
Zones 4 - 9
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: 6 in - 8 in
Bloom Season: Early Summer to Late Summer
Sun Exposure: Part Shade
Note: An outstanding performer even in sunless areas, unlike other members of the genus. In fact, shade helps develop its unique mother-of-pearl coloration to perfection. Profusely borne from June through September, the large, 6- to 8-inch flowers are highlighted by yellow stamens. It requires little or no pruning.
Free gift : Pepper Sweet Banana
You'll love Mohawk, though it grows slowly. When it does flower, you will be intoxicated by the scent. Silver Moon clem is very nice. Nice list!
Caladiums
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Caladiums
another 1/3rd
Caladiums
