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| I have most of my new acquisitions in the ground, finally, in this insanely early season. I mostly have shopped garden club sales and catalogs, with a few side trips to favorite nurseries. Here's a list of some of the things I'm most excited about. Oh yes - I must note that I started a spreadsheet this year of my plants, and I'm up over 300 unique varieties so far - call me a geek, you'll be right, but I prefer to think of myself as a "collector"!
Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldii'
I also got an unnamed Epimedium and an unnamed Euphorbia from garden club sales, and a nameless viburnum, and a money plant, and Centranthus ruber, and various other goodies. How about you - prize acquisitions? |
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| Very few new acquisitions this year but I did add a few new hummer plants Salvia 'Wendy's Wish' Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' Salvia x microphylla 'Penny's Smile' Salvia greggii 'Royal Bumble' Petunia exserta (Brazilian Petunia) |
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- Posted by booberry85 z5NY (becky@leadtesting.net) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 6:21
| I put in a perennial border around my veggie garden this year. Hopefully, the perennials are deer and bunny proof. So new this year are: irises (mixed NOID), two blueberry bushes (one doing well, the other struggling - I know a favorite for the deer and bunnies to munch on), Asian lilies (just a mixed bag at Lowes. Last year the bunnies didn't touch them. This year the bunnies are mowing them down), red Monarda, lavender, Speedwell, daisies, Echinacea (Pow Wow and a white one) and May Nights Salvia! Also new, a number of daylilies, candytuft, an order of irises (still to come from Schreiner's). New to me veggies are sweet potatoes, collards, Scarlet Runner beans. |
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- Posted by booberry85 z5NY (becky@leadtesting.net) on Tue, May 14, 13 at 20:55
| This year I added a few more columbine and a couple of hardy kiwis. The kiwis did not like the cold trellis I had for them to climb (we had freezing temps 2 nights in a row) , but otherwise are doing ok. I also added liatris. |
This post was edited by booberry85 on Tue, May 14, 13 at 20:56
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- Posted by party_music50 z5a NY (My Page) on Mon, May 20, 13 at 23:18
| I planted another peach tree on arbor day! Otherwise, my gardens really need to be cleaned up because they weren't well-tended for the last two years (I hurt my neck & back) -- so I'm *removing* and rearranging plants, not adding any! :p |
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