We visited at a local nursery last night to buy some perennials. The flowerbed at the front of the house (that's also where Rupert, the gargoyle, is living) has mainly coneflowers, gaillardia, some Stella D'oro daylilies, one butterfly bush (that we're babying along), some Jupiter's beard plants, some coral bells in various colors, and some Russian sage bushes. We had planted some hosta right around the white weeping cherry tree.
We wanted to keep the same kinds of plants, so we purchase more coneflowers, three burgundy gaillardia, and three more Stella D'oro lilies. A full flat of red salvia to plant as the front border because butterflies seem to love salvia and we like to watch the butterflies. We'll probably fill in some of the blank spots with a few annuals here and there.
By the front sidewalk, next to the house is a trellis shaped like 3 cats sitting together. We always plant three black-eyed Susan vines at the trellis and the vines will spend the summer twining up and around the frame of the trellis. It always looks cute....two vines with yellow flowers and the center vine has orange flowers and they always mix together as they grow. Orange and yellow marigolds right in front of the vine plants and then the hosta right next to the sidewalk.
Last year, we also started a moon garden in the side yard. We had planted some lambs ears there last spring (DH widened it out a bit with the rototiller on Monday) and we're amazed at how much they've spread this year. So we purchased two more nice-sized plants. Some yarrow and some thrift plants as well as more pinks. I'm keeping all the flowers in the moon garden white to reflect the best moonshine. The foliage, too, is a paler green, again for the moonshine. Some of the yarrow, I think it is, is a very pale blue, too.
So after dinner last night, DH and I went back outside and spent the evening planting flowers. It was really a nice way to spend a Tuesday evening....we had a chance to talk while we were working and catch up a bit with each other.
While he's in Louisville this weekend (and it's supposed to rain pretty much all weekend, too, darn it), I'll go through some of my gardening magazines to figure out which plants I want to try in containers this summer.
Summer's coming and it's gardening time!
We wanted to keep the same kinds of plants, so we purchase more coneflowers, three burgundy gaillardia, and three more Stella D'oro lilies. A full flat of red salvia to plant as the front border because butterflies seem to love salvia and we like to watch the butterflies. We'll probably fill in some of the blank spots with a few annuals here and there.
By the front sidewalk, next to the house is a trellis shaped like 3 cats sitting together. We always plant three black-eyed Susan vines at the trellis and the vines will spend the summer twining up and around the frame of the trellis. It always looks cute....two vines with yellow flowers and the center vine has orange flowers and they always mix together as they grow. Orange and yellow marigolds right in front of the vine plants and then the hosta right next to the sidewalk.
Last year, we also started a moon garden in the side yard. We had planted some lambs ears there last spring (DH widened it out a bit with the rototiller on Monday) and we're amazed at how much they've spread this year. So we purchased two more nice-sized plants. Some yarrow and some thrift plants as well as more pinks. I'm keeping all the flowers in the moon garden white to reflect the best moonshine. The foliage, too, is a paler green, again for the moonshine. Some of the yarrow, I think it is, is a very pale blue, too.
So after dinner last night, DH and I went back outside and spent the evening planting flowers. It was really a nice way to spend a Tuesday evening....we had a chance to talk while we were working and catch up a bit with each other.
While he's in Louisville this weekend (and it's supposed to rain pretty much all weekend, too, darn it), I'll go through some of my gardening magazines to figure out which plants I want to try in containers this summer.
Summer's coming and it's gardening time!
