My daughter wants a penguin one.

Well, why not?



Yeah, I am trying not to go there, Oh, I want this one, and that one, and....

Plants first, other stuff later.

Bet she'd make one for you.


Not a great picture, but I guess it still shows that I almost satisfied my lust for salvias this year.

ahh, beautiful!

Still have an occasional hummingbird in there, but most have packed their wee little bags and headed south...smart birds. Wish I could do the same.

Dreaming of a Caribbean vacation right now...

I just ordered three toad lilies from Bluestone.

They were half price.

I'd be interested to know if they're still potting in the hull material, Kyla. I haven't ordered from them in a while, but their offerings are sometimes so very tempting.

Yes, they have it on their site that they are using coir pots, raving on about how great they are.

I remember Bluestone as having a fabulous reputation; I know I have ordered from them in the past but that was at least three gardens ago and I forget what it was.

And I just had to have me some toad lilies, demmit.

I do understand that!

I haven't tried toad lilies yet. I'm still working on getting happy stands of trillium and corydalis going...in the yard gardens, not just in the woods.

Apparently, they do well in the mostly shaded areas, and tolerate a bit of dryness as well as wetness -- and bloom into the fall... and a few other attractive qualities I forget, and they're so cool looking!

I don't have much familiarity with trillium though I know of it, and don't think I've ever seen corydalis.

Edit: Just googled it. What a pretty thing! and it's a medicinal herb too? Have to investigate more closely.

This one did really well for me in a container of compost.


is in the ground and struggling. I think it needs a deeper soil and more even moisture than what it's been getting.

is still in its starter pot of sand and chicken grit, and it's doing okay.

I like them all.

I even brought one indoors. It's been dropping seeds all over the piano, but oh well.

The patio won't mind.

@Kylaluaz @Chelle @LysmachiaMoon
I finally made it to the PO and off the packages went! Be on the lookout for them!

Yay!

Like I said, Catmint, it's perfect timing. This week was too full of other stuff; next week, I'll be thrilled to get the bulbs!

My daughter had a half day of school today and one of her friends had invited her over for after school and I didn't have to pick her up until 6 pm! This gave me the extra time I needed to stop at the PO and get stuff mailed.

Oh blimey. I just realized @Chelle said that corydalis was dropping seeds all over the PIANO and I read "patio".



Catmint, I hope in all this doing and coming and going you get a little time for yourself!

Thanks, Kyla--I hope so, too!