What have you ordered for spring 2009 - Part 6

I tried it last year with no luck. Now again in fall I planted some - haven't seen any yet. :(

Love the blue shades.

But if they don't come up, Meredith and I will have the "Blues". Mine came up late 5-30-08 Here it is. Patti

Yours are nice! I hope they do well for you. I tried some in spring last year. Got them in a co-op and that's when they sent them. I tried some indoors because someone said that was the better way to do it. Neither the ones outside or the ones inside did anything. I even went through the pots and couldn't find the corms - they must have rotted. Last fall I planted some outside when I did my other spring bulbs. Hopefully they will come up - if not I give up. ; )

i tried some from HD a several years back and they petered out after maybe 2 years - not worth it for me.

Just got this email. I have to look up my free plant. And make sure I am planting these where I had originally planned. Patti

Klehm's Song Sparrow Order has shipped Hibiscus s.

Hibiscus s Lil' Kim~'Antong Two' PPAF $24.95 ea
Leucanthemum 'Goldrausch' $14.95 ea
Philadelphus x 'Snow Dwarf' $22.95 ea
Quercus robur 'Concordia' $36.00 ea
Veronica prostrata 'Aztec Gold $13.95

Promotion Voucher $10 Voucher
Dbl Fan Gift- Hem. 'Ruffled Parchment' $.00

Nice gift---I love freebies! My art teacher has those blue windflowers planted by the door to the studio--they bloom reliably for her, but she's a great gardener---I drool over her roses.

Nice haul, Victor! Very lovely shrubs/trees there! I especially love the redbud.

I love that 'Low Glow' pine. Must have one, must have one.....!!!!

Karen

Thanks. Yes, the Low Glow is something else. They said they don't sell many from the catalog but many at the open houses.

I was out back on the deck early afternoon and heard a truck stop on the street. Then I saw a brown van go around the corner. Ran out front to see if it was for me. YIPPEE!!! I got my Old House Gardens order today, but I have to wait about a month to plant:
Canna 'Firebird'
Canna 'Robert Kemp'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'
Dahlia 'Jane Cowl'
Gladiolus 'Atom' free
Dahlia 'Andries Orange' free gift

I've never done dahlias before or Cannas of Glads
It said to wait to plant when you plant tomatoes. That's usually aorund Mother's Day here. Am I right? or should I plant earlier. It said I could also plant indoors. Do any of you do that?

I sometimes plant my dahlias in pots---sometimes I'm too lazy---they bloom earlier if you start them indoors, & in CT that sometimes makes a difference. I've begun planting glads the last week of April, but only if the soil is warm & dry. When you plant them in rows, dig a trench, & fill in only partially---as the glad grows, keep filling in---that way they don't need staking. I used to sell glads in my yard, but one winter, the thrips ruined about 200 corms, & that was it for me---& I had used an insecticide---very bummed!

Thank you! Great tip about planting the glads. Looking forward to this grouping. They are all reds or orangey.

Robin, that's a good tip on planting the glads. I will try that. I got a bunch from the co-op this year. I've done them before, and they needed staking. What a royal pain!!! Would be nice not to have to stake them. Too many other things to do already.

Karen

I dig down about a foot---then fill the trench at least 3 times--I broke down & ordered a hellebore---it was a mix, so I don't know what color I'm getting.

You will love the hellebore, Robin. Is this your first? I have 5, 3 of which are now in bloom. I want more!

Karen

now that I know Hellebores will bloom in shaded Blue Angel hosta area i I want more too.

They're on my gold list.

Can you recomend a dwarf JM ?

What color, shape, leaf type are you thinking? How small?

Think I ordered way to much as I went to the chiropractorlast week for help with a sore back he xrayed and said I have a fractored disc going to the Orthopedic specisalist tommorrow .

OWIE! gamekeeper

Ouch! Good luck, Peter. Having lived with lower back pain for years now, I can certainly sympathize.

Sorry to hear that Peter, hope it heals with no lingering affects.

ow ... sorry to hear that Peter

YIKES!!! Best wishes for relief.

well i made possibly the end of my purchases the last few days - received a beautiful orange dream jm today from topiary gardens, three juniper procumben nana, 3 juniper blue star, rainbows end dwarf alberta spruce, a couple poppy - pink ruffles and turkenlouis, a caramel coral bells heuchera, a burkwood scotch broom, and a picea pungens "baby blue".

'Caramel' is one of my favs. Mine doesn't like alot of shade though.

Peter, I hope your back is repairable and quickly. It is good he caught the fracture.

Wha, Nice haul. My order came so we planted all day. Got it all done except 2 rose bushes, an some clematis and one viburnum from Bluestone that I forgot to plant. We need to make cages tomorrow, so I hope the darlings don't get chomped tonight. I got my final 2 Japanese Maples from Topiary gardens today too, Ebony and Baldsmith.

2 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ (red) 30
2 Hamamelis virginiana ‘Harvest Moon’ (yellow) 24”
1 Hamamelis virginiana 'Mohonk Red' 15"
1 Hamamelis virginiana 'Champlin Red' 18"
1 Hamamelis x intermedia 'Aphrodite' 15"
2 Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida' 15"
2 Hamamelis x intermedia 'Rubin' 12"
1 Hamamelis x 'Rochester' 15"
3 Ilex verticillata 'Afterglow' 18"
1 Ilex x 'Bonfire' 24"
5 Ilex verticillata 'Cacapon' 24"
1 Ilex verticillata 'Earlibright' 36"
1 Ilex x 'Sparkleberry' 6"
1 Ilex verticillata 'Stoplight' 18"
1 Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy' 30"
1 Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman' 12"
3 Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold' 36"
3 Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' 30"
1 Ilex decidua 'Red Escort' 36"
5 Ilex verticillata 'Goldfinch' 18-24"
1 Aronia melanocarpa 'Iroquois Beauty'
1 Viburnum cassinoides Endeavor™
1 Viburnum x pragense
3 Viburnum 'Conoy'

Plus 8 rose bushes and the 2 Japanese Maples got planted along with the shrubs. I am waiting for a couple more Ilex, including the needed male pollinator Apollo for a few of the gals. But those holes are dug.

Now I am very very tired, but it will look great in a few winters. My DH was so helpful. We are going out to dinner tonight, which I normally would love, but I could crawl into bed right now, except that we invited a friend to join us. Off to try to look presentable. Patti

Wow - nice list of work, Patti. Lots of ilex! Mine have grown pretty slowly, but have a nice berry set now. Get some rest.

Victor, I assume it will take a few years for them to produce any berries. But I have wanted them for so long, that it seemed right to do it up big. We have tucked them into the fringes of the naturalized parts of the property, so their being small won't be so odd for a long time. Patti

I'm very tired, too, just from reading the list---very ambitious! But I can't wait to see what they'll look like---the roses should be in bloom this summer, Patti. I planted a lily today---Anastasia---that's it----still recuperating from yesterday, & the 2 miles I walked with Suey this afternoon.

Gamekeeper, I had that problem not too long ago. I can't remember now if that was last year or the year before. Not fun.

A lot of work, Patti! You deserve a rest!

Karen

Lilium 'Boogey-woogey' arrived today, along with hosta 'Eskimo Pie'----when I went to rake the leaves off the shade garden today, I found 7 airedale bathtubs! Heaven only knows what he dug up! Anyway, I certainly don't need to dig a hole for the hosta, but I need to find some soil to fill in the damage-----grrrrrr!

robin eskimo pie is a nice one i got it last year

here is JM orange dream from topairy gardend - it was 43" tall!!

Looks nice, Bill!

Robindog, I love your term "bathtubs" for your doggies holes. We have two that are always making new ones too. I try to plant things in them that they won't like, rose bushes, lavender, shrubs, etc, but they always find a new spot to wreak. I adore the dogs but not their holes. They dug up a bunch of tulips recently! grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I thought I would be clever one year and dug a bed for them and planted nothing in it. They never used it once. I planted it the next year and guess what, they started digging "bathtubs" in it. Go figure. Patti

My dog will dig holes here and there, too. In her case she is looking for chipmunks and voles. She will kill them if she gets them.

Karen

send her over, voles is us.
Just bought MolMax, gunna kill them if I can.

She doesn't get many voles. They're good at escaping. I wish she could get more.

Karen

Robin you and I have the same lilies going in, 'Anastasia' in honor of my Great-Grandmother, and 'Boogie Woogie' just because I wanted another one. lol