This morning was a crisp 50 degrees, perfect hot tub weather. My favorite local nursery has carpet roses on sale for $10 today only, so I ran over and bought 2 more Scarlet carpets. The red blossoms hold up well in the sun and heat, so I'm doing a hedge of them. They were nice sized 2 gallons. The Amber carpet is my favorite, and I just realized it is great match with an orange/yellow mum so I may move some plants around. Hmm it would be easier to just buy new ones and place them near other plants with fall color.
The nursery had purple asters in 1 gallon pots marked down to $1 so I will plant a few of them in front of the red roses. It will be pretty next year. I have ornamental grasses behind the roses, so maybe in a few years, it will block the view of the street.
Toni, did you get your Santa Rosa order yet? They have the best grass selection of anyone. I was so tempted to order more, but I have a shade house full of plants I need to get into the ground, and more coming in the next month. I fractured two bones in my ankle, so I may not be doing a whole lot of digging in the next few weeks. I've sprained this ankle many times over the years, and the break probably happened for the first time years ago but was missed on the xray. Now it's clearly visible and painful. The worst part is I had to cancel a three day rose tour in Texas with my friends from the Rose Society. Guess this wasn't my year to do rose tours.
