Oh, wow, you folks are busy! Meredith---I'm not familiar with the lily you ordered. I'm trying to decide on a clematis--so far, I like Betty Risdon, Rebecca, &Marie Louise Jensen--all in Klehm's catalog. However--I can only afford one. Nice sprouts, Willie---I usually direct seed my basil, but maybe I'll start some early for a houseplant.
What have you ordered for spring 2009 - Part III
Robin, the Lily is not the most attractive lily you can get, but it appeals to me because it is a us native and is supposed to do well on sandy soils. I think they are rare in the wild. Here is a link to the connecticut botanical society's page on it. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/liliumphil.html
Clematis texensis is also not the most attractive you could get. It's also a us native and I mostly like it because it looks like hummers would like it. : ) Here is a good link with pics and info http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=clte2
It has been used to make the Princess Diana clematis, Gravetye Beauty & Dutchess of Albany, which are all very cute. I think these types of clematis need to be mixed with something else because they have small flowers.
I pretty much only order stuff I will probably never find at local nurseries, so that tells you why my selections are so unusual : ) These two are really hard to find even through mail order so I wanted to scoop them up before they are sold out.
Ha ha - Martha Stewart has some info on it - Maybe my taste is not as unusual as I thought!? lol http://www.marthastewart.com/plant/clematis-texensis
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Merideth- I have dealt with Seneca Hill and they are wonderful to deal with.
I bought plants from them last year so the jury is out as to weather they survived.
Plants looked good when they came and were packed well.
Oh thank you for telling me! That is good to hear. : )
Meredith, I love the wild lilies - I moved a few into my garden from our property under the power lines a mile away. They're beautiful! Cheap camera photo - they're more orange-red than this color.
That's cool! I wish I had some growing wild around here. Do you think they are pretty easy? Or is there anything special I need to do for them? : )
Well, I went to look at Seneca Hill and was so pleased to find a few things (maybe a few too many) that I wanted. You guys are evil. Patti
Aconitum-'Red-Wine
Chrysogonum-virginianum,-Norman Singer's Form
Deinanthe-caerulea
Dictamnus-caucasicus
Dodecatheon-meadia-'Goliath'
Filipendula camtschatica
Filipendula-purpurea
Geranium-psilostemon
Hepatica-nobilis-Lithuanian-blues
Iris-hookeri,-small narrow-leaved selection
Iris-laevigata-'Variegata'
Iris-taurica,-yellow
Lilium-canadense-golden-yellow
Moraea-alticola
Rabdosia-longituba
Symphytum-x uplandicum-'Axminster Gold
Kniphofia-typhoides
Asclepias-hirtella
last chance if anyone wanted some JM's - note that more were added from the first time i posted this.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/953859/
patti can i borrow your credit card :)
Wha, Paying with cold hard cash. I squirrel it away and when it is gone it is gone. Going quick. I am hoping for a refill from the plant goddess or more realistically, by selling a few antiques and getting a design gig soon. Heaven forbid that I have to go back to work. Love this retirement thing. Patti
I've gotta say Your Seneca Hill choices are wonderful.
It prompted me to go to the website to check things out.
They are wonderful people but someone needs to coach them on their website photos.
Many are out of focus and stretched so the image is unrecognizable.
Makes it hard to see what your buying.
sherrie - yes i did request a few - well maybe more than a few - the price was too good to pass up.
Nice new list, Patti. How many lists is that now for this spring?!
I keep a Great Book of Lists. It makes yearly lists seem relatively unsubstantial and thus appear quite inexpensive. (Part of my Great Garden Budget Philosophy).
Good philosophy. I also chalk up all gardening costs to 'doing God's work.'
Victor, too scared to look, but I am entering all the orders in my DG journal. So I will have to look at the "big picture" at some point. It is hard keeping up. I ordered more lilies too and callas and and and and. Big trouble.
I just walked the wild part of our property to see what we can clear, or I should say, selectively prune. My visiting friend is all for getting the brush cutter going. I may have to temper his enthusiasm. It will be a slow go. No money to plant it yet or the energy. But I do have enough to start the process. It is a south facing slope on the backside of our house separated by a big stand of mostly cedars. I am thinking fruit trees, a larger veggie bed and a pumpkin patch, all deer fenced. But not this year! I think I can do the preliminary clearing, but nothing more.
Please. No goading from any of you big time enablers. Patti
Can I use the space for now?!
Victor, I have seen your lists too, and wondered when you would start planting all those things on my property. I would give you visiting rights. Off season, of course. Patti
patti he may have too - that 1/4 acre of his does will not have space to walk soon
I think I have a spare 1/4, for the his exquisite choices. I might even weed and water for the "right look". But Wha, you have some room too. Patti
Patti Nice List! I wanted the geranium you got but I forced to take it off my list because I just spent $6 I think, on seeds for them! (I think only like 5 sds or something-kicking myself) I wish I knew I could find that in a plant - the plant would have cost almost the same as the seeds and that's if I can even get them to germinate! Looking over your list - I realized I Should have bought a Canada Lily. I tried those from seed two years now and I am keeping my fingers crossed they grow! : ) I really want one called 'Apple Red' from n.e.w.f.s. It's just hard to go there at the right time they have stuff out. Oh, and I really wanted a shooting star, but I decided I'd wait until I could afford a lot. They are so small - like crocus, if I am remembering right.
It's actually more than 1/4 acre, but less than 1/2.
And while the land barons are quibbling over acreage, meanwhile back in the city, some of us are using rulers to measure and squeeze the most into our footages. Tee hee it's all relative.
Hee hee.
the truth is slowly coming out...........
maybe encroachment on the neighbours is involved....... The plot thickens.
Willie, that's great that you've had so much success with all your seeds. You're gonna have a lot of nice plants for your gardens this year!
Victor, is that all you have? The way you keep adding trees I would have thought you had a huge place!!! I have 1.25 acres here, and I'm always wishing I had more, like for big trees. I like to have a lot of sunny spots for me DL's though.
Karen
I think Victor is a city kid and he stacks his plants like sky scrapers. My first garden was on a small second floor balcony. I thought it was grand just to have a place outside as I had lived in a basement for quite a few years before that with no outside space. Life got better. Patti
I told you guys before - the magical garden shoehorn!
i guess it did - nantucket and what looks like multiple acres - i'm jealous and waiting for the tour bus
that shoe horn story lost its legs when you came clean on more than 1/4 acre
Not too much more. Officially it's 0.58 acres. Subtract a 2900 sq ft house, a 4200 sq ft driveway and about a 40 X 60 ft pool and deck.
I don't have a pool. So no tears for you. Patti
Please take mine.
I would need a pool guy to take care of it. I don't have a garden guy or a cleaning guy so I guess I will have to pass on getting a pool. We do pay a lawn mowing service, but as we don't water it is usually a short season. I actually had someone come to see the garden and all they could see and talk about was that our grass was brown in August. They are not on my guest list in the near future. We have a well and I am stingy with my water use. Patti
your place is bigger than mine Victor... don't feel bad
Size isnt everything!!!!!!
{OUCH!!} That's the sound of me biting my tongue
;-)