3-Blue Bouquet Speedwell (Veroinica spicata) grown by plantsthatwork.com
3-Foxglove (Digitalis, Excelsior Mix)
1 six pack- English Daisy (Bellis)
Tossed them in groups in the backyard beds. Trimmed up the stock (pretty leggy-better to grow my own next year) The Speedwell are grouped together in the left bed, and the foxgloves are growing in the far right bed in the back, straddling the mini-stepping stone walk. How grand they will be!
(Maybe my green thumb will rub off on her somehow, someday...)
Scattered in the Dark pink and white English Daisy's along the two borders. Things look ok...i'd like to continue to add backbone perennials like these three and skip the annuals like lobelia, for awhile. I'm really trying to fill things up in the beds to keep down the weeds, and kinda give it a fuller,finished look, even if i add in a few six packs here and there. As for the rose hunt...it's still on. I'm trying hard to get them from Lowe's. They're trying to work with me as well. If i must, i'll wait till next Christmas to get all 10 white iceburg's for under 40 bucks. I spoke with Monrovia growers, and they suggested a carpet rose to soften the waterfall instead of more bush roses. I like the Baby Blanket best, so i'll be patient for now and hunt down the best deals. The big box's usually have a mad sale at the end of the season. It takes persistance to find a great deal. All my seeds are still growing inside. Kinda waiting for the second set of true leaves to come out before i start to harden off and transplant outside. Bulbs...planted two weeks ago, should start popping up shortly. This is such a work in progress;been working out back for 5 months, now. I eager for fullness on the back and in the beds. Adding the right backbone plants will help. I really hope the coneflower seeds come through for me! I can plant those all over the front and back! Finger's crossed...
