And plant seeds is what I did

Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:31 pm

In pots in my shed are
Delphinium, Dill, Oxeye Daisy May Queen, brilliant orange Butterfly Flower, St. John's Wort, pie pumpkin seeds from the pumpkins I bought last year and some heirloom watermelon seeds Randy's dad gave us. I have no idea if those last two will sprout.

I combined a packet of Old Fashioned cut flowers and wildflowers, they are in the large wooden planter we got from Lisa.

Two ornamental grasses, Blue Fescue and Fountain Grass, are in large pots where they will have to stay until the eave work is done out front.

Blue Woodruff is in a large brass pot, it does fine in shade, that was where the pot was and it is too heavy for me to move.

Zinnia 'Red Spider' in a large plastic halloween cauldron.

Cornflower 'Black Gem' is planted in the ground. Since I don't know what the seedlings look like and strange things are always coming up in our yard thanks to the birds, I cut some small water bottles into 4" tall rings that I pushed into the ground and planted the seeds in. I put them in sets of three at four different locations.

I have to nick and soak the Morning Glory, Bushel Gourd and the European Licorice seeds and plant them in the ground tomorrow.

I still have more seeds to pot up but ran out of potting mix.

And then I went for a walk thru Calloway's Nursery .......and I bought plants, no surprise is it?
Chocolate Mint and regular Mint for the retired recycle bins.
A lavender to replace one that died in the last freeze.
Two Red Geraniums for the pot out front.
A Red Ice plant, 'Pink Chablis' Deadnettle and a Bacopa 'Glacier Blue' all for pots on the front porch.

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pondlady wrote on Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:32 pm:

You have indeed made up for a lost February!

eileen wrote on Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:47 pm:

WOW you've certainly been busy Toni. I hope everything sprouts for you.

zuzu's petals wrote on Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:38 am:

Nice work Toni!!

*blushing* I did think about planting some seeds today,
but just never actually got my butt in gear.

CritterPainter wrote on Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:45 am:

That'll all be lovely in a couple months! Planting the mint in the recycle bins is an excellent idea, and a handy way to have a cup of hot mint tea wherever you want!

glendann wrote on Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:44 pm:

You really got down to business didn't you toni?Making up for lost time.I need to go to the nursery.
Don't you just love the smell of the chocolate mint.
Mine is coming out and looking good.I bought some Spearmint seeds at Walmarts
night before last and lots of others a dwarf fairy mix,blue bedder sage and 12 other kinds.