I've had an oddly hard time getting phlox established in the main perennial bed, where I really want them with the echinaceas etc. But I see several nice clumps coming up this spring.
I think once it makes it for a couple of years, it'll be sturdy.
My 3 baby shrub roses (David Austin varieties) are doing so well! I might have found a way to have fragrant roses in my garden after all... such an essential "cottage garden" plant, but I am death to hybrid tea roses.
Agastache only does well with extremely good drainage, so I'm still trying to figure out the best way to include it (clay soil here). A bottomless nursery pot (or one with a big hole or two for roots to go down through) works pretty well, especially if filled with good potting mix plus pinch of moisture crystals. I've tried planting on a "mound," but that doesn't quite do it. However, my front yard is on a hill with lots of gravel from an over-enthusiastic dump truck (necessary under the driveway but not across the whole yard!)... I have 3 Agastache 'Purple Haze' there that are in their 3rd year this spring and doing really well!
Right now, it's peony and iris season... so pretty! Azaleas and rhodi's are still blooming here and there also. I definitely can't pick 10 favorites, unless I go with my 10 favorites in bloom on a given day LOL
