WHAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEK - Tulips, Delphiniums, and Peonies (I think)
The tulips have been coming up for a while, but the red ones are now starting to flower. In a week or so, they should be spectacular. They're still in pots, and I have no idea where their final home will be.
In the front garden, there are four or five places where some herbaceous perennial is coming up--it looks to me like peonies. Which is nice, because I really like peonies. I've probably mentioned that there is also columbine and all kinds of other things as well. The old roses are spectacular.
At any rate, about the delphiniums. Last year, I planted several delphiniums, and they were growing in pots here and there. When we moved, of course, most of the labels fell off of everything, and of course a lot of stuff wasn't labelled anyway. So suffice it to say, I had well over 100 potted plants (when I say this, Mike always says, 'WHICH I HAD TO CARRY') and a whole bunch of them were kind of "mystery pots."
What I did about a month ago was to place them in groups. I have a bunch of lilies of the valley, which I want to place in this area around the pond, but I am waiting to make sure that nothing else is there first. So those are going to stay in pots, and if I recall correctly, there are about 35 of them (not 35 pots, as some pots have 3 or 4 in them). Similarly, I grouped all of the malva together, and then a bunch of mystery sprouts (pots which clearly had SOMETHING non-weedlike growing in them, but heaven knows what) and then in the back of the garden I put all of the pots that looked like they had nothing in them, but I figured I should treat them all as plants (and not dump them), as some would be dormant perennials.
Eventually I figured out that some of the mystery sprouts were campanula pyramidalis.
(image from fothergills.ca)
So I planted a section in the back with a mixture of these, foxgloves, and delphiniums. Mind you, the delphiniums are all mixed in together, blues and purples and whites, but I figure I can separate them later. They'll be happier in the ground in the meantime.
I also planted something else which may or may not be evening primroses. It might be another kind of campanula. I have no idea.
At any rate, after doing all of this planting, at least 8 of the "empty" pots sprouted little delphinium plants. So now I am going to have to find another place for delphiniums--which isn't a problem, as I love delphiniums. But there appear to be more now, and I am at risk of having a completely "undesigned" garden that just has delphiniums in it.
I'm also wondering if these are delphiniums I planted, or if they were, indeed, empty, and something went to seed.
I guess it doesn't matter, but it will be fun to see them when they bloom.
The tulips have been coming up for a while, but the red ones are now starting to flower. In a week or so, they should be spectacular. They're still in pots, and I have no idea where their final home will be.
In the front garden, there are four or five places where some herbaceous perennial is coming up--it looks to me like peonies. Which is nice, because I really like peonies. I've probably mentioned that there is also columbine and all kinds of other things as well. The old roses are spectacular.
At any rate, about the delphiniums. Last year, I planted several delphiniums, and they were growing in pots here and there. When we moved, of course, most of the labels fell off of everything, and of course a lot of stuff wasn't labelled anyway. So suffice it to say, I had well over 100 potted plants (when I say this, Mike always says, 'WHICH I HAD TO CARRY') and a whole bunch of them were kind of "mystery pots."
What I did about a month ago was to place them in groups. I have a bunch of lilies of the valley, which I want to place in this area around the pond, but I am waiting to make sure that nothing else is there first. So those are going to stay in pots, and if I recall correctly, there are about 35 of them (not 35 pots, as some pots have 3 or 4 in them). Similarly, I grouped all of the malva together, and then a bunch of mystery sprouts (pots which clearly had SOMETHING non-weedlike growing in them, but heaven knows what) and then in the back of the garden I put all of the pots that looked like they had nothing in them, but I figured I should treat them all as plants (and not dump them), as some would be dormant perennials.
Eventually I figured out that some of the mystery sprouts were campanula pyramidalis.
(image from fothergills.ca)
So I planted a section in the back with a mixture of these, foxgloves, and delphiniums. Mind you, the delphiniums are all mixed in together, blues and purples and whites, but I figure I can separate them later. They'll be happier in the ground in the meantime.
I also planted something else which may or may not be evening primroses. It might be another kind of campanula. I have no idea.
At any rate, after doing all of this planting, at least 8 of the "empty" pots sprouted little delphinium plants. So now I am going to have to find another place for delphiniums--which isn't a problem, as I love delphiniums. But there appear to be more now, and I am at risk of having a completely "undesigned" garden that just has delphiniums in it.
I'm also wondering if these are delphiniums I planted, or if they were, indeed, empty, and something went to seed.
I guess it doesn't matter, but it will be fun to see them when they bloom.
posted by Simone @ 7:53 AM
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