Unable to trawl through nurseries and garden centers as I commonly do this time of year due to our shelter-at-home status, I've been suffering from plant shopping withdrawal. My local garden center will accept orders online and by phone for pickup or delivery but that hasn't been entirely satisfactory. I called in an order and picked up planting mix, fertilizer, and a couple of tomato plants but they didn't have the flowering plants I was interested in and, without the inspiration that comes from cruising the aisles, I was left at a loss to fill the gaps in several beds. So I shopped my favorite mail order nursery online and received a shipment of 12 plants yesterday afternoon.
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| Annie's Annuals & Perennials has a great online catalog. They're working with a skeleton staff, though, so it took longer than usual to receive my order. |
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Here's my haul fresh out of the box, from the top down: Orthrosanthus multiflorus (3), Agrostemma 'Ocean Pearls' (3),
Alstroemeria ligtu (2), Phlomis purpurea (1), and Eriogonum nudum (3) |
This delivery was different from most in that I actually had spots in mind for all these plants. I only got half of them planted yesterday but the rest will go in the ground today.
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| The yellow flowers of Eriogonum nudum should offer a nice complement to the blue flowers I grow in this area |
I've still got
Dahlia tubers to plant and
Zinnia seeds to sow but the cool-season flowers in my cutting garden were slow to roll this year, giving me a short-term space problem. Some of these may have to be started in plastic pots until space opens up in my raised planters.
Puttering in the garden is a source of joy at a time like this. I hope you get to do some puttering yourself this weekend. Best wishes!
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