New Additions in Early Spring
2007.03.04
After a cold, rainy, and generally miserable Friday evening, this weekend has been pretty nice, with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 50’s. So today I went to Lowes and … wait for it … bought some plants.
The Wild Strawberry groundcover plants I put in last August quickly doubled in size, and sent runners out to start new ones as well, all before winter set in. Delighted with that progress, I decided to buy ten more 4-inch pots today, and plant most of them along the front edge of the west garden. The first step was to remove all the grass and weeds along there.
After clearing that out, I added in some topsoil, compost, and fertilizer. I planted seven of the strawberry plants along there, a couple along the little path through the middle (also bought two more concrete stepping stones today to add to the three I put in originally), and one at the back of the little area where I planted bulbs last fall.
I also planted a set of Garden Gnome Poppies.
The first flowers from the bulbs I planted are starting to open up. These are Winter Aconite.
2007.03.10
Some Crocus are starting to bloom now, along with the Winter Aconite. Also, looks like Hyacinths are starting to come out of the ground.
The poppies are starting to bloom as well.
2007.03.17
Another nice day today. I bought some more plants, and cleared out more grass and weeds along the edges of the west garden.
These are English Daisies, Tasso Red, Tasso Deep Rose, and Tasso White.
These are Sutera cordata, often mislabeled as Bacopa, which is a species of aquatic plants. I don’t know why the confusion? Common name seems to be Bacopa. They don’t take well to freezing temperatures, so will probably end up being annuals for me.
Just behind them, the Purple Coneflower (aka Echinacea) is starting to put up some leaves.
Another Larkspur (Delphinium elatum). I don’t know why I keep buying Delphiniums, I guess I forget that I already have some. This one was so big, and with so many blooms almost ready to go, I figured it would do well.
In the northeast corner I planted these Mediterranean Pink Heather, which bloom from winter to spring. I may have planted them a little too close together… the Lowes tag said they spread one to two feet, but online most information says three feet.
This is a Fragrant Sunshine Wallflower.
I also bought some more wild strawberry plants to fill in along the edges.
Winter