Seedrat: Thanks for the good wishes re: surgery. The hardest part is I can’t kneel yet. And when I do get down on one knee, I can’t get up! I have to use a shovel to pull myself up. Hopefully that will be temporary.
I have given up on croscosmia. I did have some of them sprout a second year, but they didn’t bloom.
Thanks for both kinds of irises. I must not have geranium Bill Wallis. I have not had anything bloom blue yet. I did get some NOID geraniums from the general table, but the leaf is different, according to google. If you have enough, I would like some.
Sorry to hear the lunaria seedlings did not survive! I’ll bring you both the seedlings and some second year plants. Between those, you should get some to make it. You have me thinking….maybe I can line a bowl with newspaper and plant into that. Then you could just slide them out and into a hole of the same shape without disturbing the roots.
I will also bring the alpine columbines.
I have been typing up labels, then printing them out, covering them on both sides with clear contact paper. It’s not entirely waterproof, and I don’t know how long it really holds up outside. Then stapling onto a popsicle stick. Not stapling THROUGH the stick (it would split), but a staple will close AROUND a stick. It is probably overkill, but I wanted to make sure all my offerings got homes!
A plant I got last year had the label placed inside a small plastic bag, and that taped to the outside of the pot or tucked in (I don’t recall that part). Some moisture did get inside, but it was enough to read for long enough. That would be easier, and I might try that, except not as easy to read inside the bag.
I have not used miniblinds because I don’t have a source, and my hand would cramp up writing details. I wonder if greasepencil or china marker would work on mini-blinds?
Pitimpinai, thank you for the Hydrangea Annabelle, Fern, Aconitum and the rhubarb. I would like the variegated solomon’s seal, and lady's mantle. Thanks! I will pot up the variegated lunaria for you. I will give you both seedlings and second year plants.
