Thanks Caroline & Rita. I also had my semi-annual "C" checkup yesterday. Came through with flying colors. As I am now past the two year mark, my doc says I should be in good shape for the forseeable future. 99% recur in first two years, if at all. So feeling pretty good. Would just as soon forget the whole thing but the news was good.
I was reading about perennial flax on an old thread. A pretty blue flower but it said it was more for arid areas, well, at least fairly dry ones with poor soil. Guess that wouldn't be a good choice for here which is neither dry nor poor soil. I guess Walker's Low would be my best bet for a mid height blue swath of color. Still working on the front new bed, though for now it is only planning for next year. Moose came through and walked through the smaller bed narrowly missing some new iris I planted and entirely missing the peonies. I really need to respray with planskyyd as it usually deters them. Maybe I kept it too long in the box and it lost its lovely aroma.
I also want to replace the arabis (rockcress?) and campanula with something else along the borders next year. Maybe just annuals that are tidy. I had some nice purple and white stuff and while it bloomed to freeze up it was a slow starter. Need something a little quicker to fill in til then. Ideas?
