We all received cards that had cute paper butterflies glued on them. On the inside was a sweet poem and then information on the fact that the butterflies actually have forget-me-not seeds pressed into them and then instructions on how to plant them!
So I planted my forget-me-nots today in the same pot where I grew some lettuce this spring:
For most people forget-me-nots are weeds and they invade your garden and take over. I wish they would do this for me! They don't like me and I have NEVER had one come back or re-seed itself. I've tried. MANY times. Probably 40 times over the years.
Same thing with azaleas and campanula. They do NOT like me. They ALWAYS die.
I say, FINE! BE that way! I'll find better fleurs to play with! hee!
Also, I took the wisteria out of the cute watering can today to plant in my client's garden, so now it has a prominent spot again by my back door!
Seriously? This wins top prize in the cute-watering-can competition! I picked a few more tomatoes to have in my salad tonight:
Oh, and after I was done toiling for 3 long hours the heat and humidity today (what happened to 82 and dry like they said?), I needed to run over to a local garden center place to get lawn and leaf bags. I recycle all of my clippings and weeds from all the jobs I do. Annnnnyway, guess what? They had a brand new shipment of lovely perennials just sitting right there in front of my face. They were calling out to me: "Take us hoooooommmme! We want to live with yooooooouuuuuu! Pleeeeeeaaaase?"
Man, those perennials. You know how they can be. Insistent little buggers. I tried to walk away, but the pleading got louder and louder! It was awful, I tell ya! Terrible! I had to do something to help, right?!!
So here are the refugees from that terrible place! Four little balloon flowers:
And three of these guys that I have never heard of before but they are SOOOO adorable, called boltonia:
What terrible name for such CUTE little plants!You all can thank me later for rescuing these poor plants. It was the least I could do!
Hee hee! (Please don't tell my husband. He already thinks I'm totally ridiculous with all of our plants!)
Next in line are photos of the amazing garden I've been working in for 3 years now! A gardener's dream!
Happy Thursday!
If that's the same boltonia I have, it will grow 6 feet tall if you don't cut it back by the end of June. I can't tell how tall yours is, it looks short, which makes me think someone cut it back earlier this year.
ReplyDeletePut it somewhere in the back of the garden where you can enjoy its height.
Deb, thanks for the tip, but luckily this must be a dwarf version that only reaches 24-36 inches at maturity! You had me scared there for a minute!
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