A couple of weekends ago, I popped in to my favorite local garden center, just to do a little browsing. I didn't expect them to have much in the way of stock. I almost didn't even bring my purse in. It was, afterall, only April 18th. I turned the corner into the main plant display, and holay guacamolay! The place was filled to the brim with flowers and veggies of every kind. I grabbed a cart and practically jogged up and down every aisle, wild-eyed and hyperventilating a little. (I think you could safely say I was a little greenery starved. :) And from the way the other folks were being all grabby-handed about things, I think the feeling was wide-spread.) I crammed that cart full of marigolds and impatiens and petunias, plus some unusual stuff like the gorgeous Lilac Spoon (below, upper left) that I had never seen before in my life, and the Spiral Rush (below, upper right, planted in front of the garlic), which is actually a water plant but will survive in the ground if watered well and consistently. The photo to the right shows just a portion of what I purchased - I don't have a wide-enough angled lens to capture it all!My tulip beds are winding down, but I'm still enjoying the beautiful blooms. "World's Favorite" (below, lower left) and, my favorite this year, Crispion Sweet. Ahhhh. Flowers.
Beautiful, beautiful. I love the lilac spoon. Are the leaves succulent? I can't tell. I want one! Your onions are coming along really well.
ReplyDeleteYou should see it now (er, I should take a picture of it now) - tons of blooms everywhere. At first, from a distance, I thought it was a daisy of some sort. Same type of foliage (not succulent). The photo is true to color - that really is a royal blue center. It was the find of the Spring!
ReplyDeleteJust so you know, I spent some of my vacation in Ohio trying to locate the Lilac spoons - and I did! Brought four plants home with me on the plane and they are doing great!
ReplyDeleteJenny, that's awesome! My plants are going crazy. The tag said deadheading is not necessary, but they're blooming so much, I have to remove, or else the plant looks somehow ill, with all those droopy stems. It was a great find!
ReplyDeleteKaren, I'm so irritated. My Lilac spoons ARE NOT lilac spoons. They are another variety. They had large ones in bloom but I thought those would be too big to transport so the lady got me smaller ones from the greenhouse - same tag and all. But they aren't the right ones. Rats!
ReplyDeleteArg! That stinks! It always happens like that - by the time you discover the problem, it's too late to do anything about it.
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