by angela@diggingbliss | May 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Weeder and I went to POW, Capital (Sunrise) and Windmill on Monday. Here’s what I got:
3 1-gallon um, um, um, oh, what the hell are they called?
3 5-gallon European white birch trees for some quick screening of the neighbor’s bathroom window that looks down into our yard.
(thanks, Weeder, for whipping out your camera)
If you’re gonna go to the trouble of putting up a sign, why block it? 😉
Sooooooooo many perennials, so little time.
This is what my one ‘Tropicanna’ canna looks like. I wish I could have bought the whole row. Lucky for y’all, I didn’t.
Wow.
Hey, that’s the plant I bought three of that I can’t remember the name of. Drought tolerant. Lavender flowers. Don’t see it a lot around here. Weeder? Anyone? Help?
Dark purple butterfly bush. Gorgeous.
We stopped at Davis Ranch on the way to lunch at El Pollo Loco (quite yum for fast food) hoping their famous sweet white corn would be ready. Not for two more weeks! Rats! We did spy this nifty hydroponic strawberry setup that appears to be new. So sci-fi looking. Growing strawberries vertically is genius. Oh, and I didn’t go home empty-handed. They had some lovely lean asparagus spears and plump garlic.
Next stop…
‘Lemon Boy’ tomato… planted it last year and it was felled as a seedling and I never re-planted.
3 6-packs
‘Bright Lights’ chard… a little late getting it in but it never seems to quit producing so I’m not worried.
I’m late getting most of my veggies in, but that’s nothing new for me.
And finally, on the way home so how could we not…
You gotta get over to Windmill right now. They have a great selection of Annie’s and Blooms in 4″ and some really nice gallon perennials too.
I was hoping to find ‘Costoluto Genovese’ and a black tomato as the last… no, really, I promise this time… additions to my 2007 tomato lineup. Capital was sold out of C.G., as was Windmill. I picked up a black heirloom tomato at Capital, put it down, picked it up and thought I put it on my cart… but somehow it didn’t make it home with me. What a space cadet.
May 30 edit: I did buy a black tomato! ‘Black Prince’ was hiding behind one of the passenger seats in my van and is now planted. Not a space cadet after all… just a loser… of things.
by angela@diggingbliss | May 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
Here is the Phygelius I mentioned that was about to bloom in my backyard. I love the pinky coral color and contrasting creamy yellow underneath. I’d love to plant phygelius where I could look up at its nodding florets. Might have to try it in a tall container sometime.
by angela@diggingbliss | May 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe lilies are so easy to grow. The energy and beauty stored in their bulbs makes me appear to be a more attentive gardener than I am. I just plant and water and wait for the show.
by angela@diggingbliss | May 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
Check out this contest sponsored by Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI) and Mother Earth News.
How to enter
Entries must be received by 5pm Eastern, November 1, 2007. All entries must be submitted using the official entry form and submitted either by e-mail to info@kitchengardeners.org or by snailmail to Kitchen Gardeners International, 3 Powderhorn Drive, Scarborough, Maine, 04074, USA. E-mail and early entries are encouraged.
KGI will be posting entries on their website as they receive them.
by angela@diggingbliss | May 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
From a single passalong cutting (thanks, Cheryl and Cheryl’s friend), came this obscenely beautiful epiphyllum. I don’t know its species and/or cultivar name because it was given to me as “red orchid cactus”. Who cares, though, right? It’s just… wow.
Want to see how it looked last May, and want to see the Mother Plant? Click here. Mailorder sources for epis include:
Don’s Epiphyllum World
Also check Ebay sellers.
