Sunday:
Seeds arrived from Thompson and Morgan yesterday. I wanted Limnanthes douglasii, in particular and they seem to be the only company that has it. Ironic, in a way, since they are a British company and Limnanthes in a North American native plant. We saw it for the first time at a garden in England, absolutely covered with bees. It’s common name over there is Poached Egg Plant.
T&M really have an incredible seed selection to choose from, so while I was at it I got:
2 Limnanthes douglasii
1 Papaver Coral Reet- to be started this fall
1 Nasturtium Tip-Tip Apricot
1 Verbascum “Snow Maiden”
1 Bellis Tasso Strawberry and Cream
1 Dianthus Elegance Lavender
1 Dianthus Elegance Pink
T&M are also the only good source I’ve found for wallflower seeds, so I got:
1 Wallflower My Fair Lady mix
1 Wallflower Sunset mixed
1 Wallflower Kew Collection Sunset mixed
Wednesday:
Took a bunch of photos yesterday. Still battling the slugs, who seem to prefer the sunflowers and squash sprouts, but otherwise things are coming along nicely. Some of the new roses have their first blooms, so I finally get to see what they look like “in person”.
Scored nine yards of cedar mulch at a good price and almost have the Rose Border done. I ran out of gas on Sunday after about six wheelbarrow loads, but it sure looks nice!
We’re filling the bird feeders once a week and are currently getting American goldfinches and house or purple finches.
On to the photos:
South edge all nice and mulched with mixed nemesia and dwarf snapdragons blooming
Beans and Peas
Tomatoes coming along nicely
Tropical garden with sunroses in full bloom
Bulgarian allium- pretty much the only allium that is rated for zone 9; it's repeating well
Icelandic poppies and an unusual volunteer dark pink dicentra, which is growing in full sun; an unintended and possibly "dire" combination
Leopard Lilies getting very lush; dig and divide this fall, I think
Sunrose 'Wisley Pink" with galtonia on the left and rose 'Duchess de Montebello' above
Hardy geranium 'Orion'
Persicaria 'Red Dragon' with flower stalk of a dyckia fosteriana in front
At last, the Hamburger Phoenix floribunda rose; nice crimson color with a small white eye
Rose 'Sappho'; floribunda; very clean white
Rose 'Old Homestead'; found rose; deep purple-red; loads of petals
Rose 'Gertrude Jekyll' bursting into bloom now
Digging Dow's Prairie 