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I know I said I was done planting for now BUT...

12 years ago

I helped my friend with her garden today and she bought me a few gifts to say thank-you (which was totally unexpected but very kind of her) so now I have another 6 dayliles and a hosta new in my garden. Here's what came home with me today:

HOSTA:

DREAM WEAVER

DAYLILIES:

LEAH ABBOTT

HALL'S PINK

LITTLE BUSINESS

MY MELINDA

MOKAN BUTTERFLY

COEUR ATOUT

I know I said I wasn't going to do anymore planting until my iris order comes in but this was an isolated incident! (HAHA)

Jason

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houstmag
12 years ago
OH! as the saying goes If only I had a dollar for everytime I said I was done planting.
Linda
crackingtheconcrete
12 years ago
Unexpected gifts are always fun. Besides, one can never have too many flowers, I say. *throws out backyard chairs to make room for more containers -we don't really need these, right? *
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lynxe
12 years ago
Now that's what I call a nicely working symbiotic relationship!

I wasn't familiar with all of them, so I looked them up. From the descriptions, it sounds as if you could plant them in one bed, and they'd work together if they happened to bloom at the same time.

BTW you might want to check on that last one, Jason. I don't see a "Coeur Atout" as a registered name. ...Nor a Coeur A'Tout either, for that matter.
newyorkrita
12 years ago
Hey, one can always do alittle more planting LOL! Especially with an unexpected windfall like that. Congrats on your new plants.
organic_kitten
12 years ago
Hey Jason, planting is one thing that gives handsome rewards in the form of beauty! Good thing to happen.

I won't ever be done planting until I am "planted".

(I may have gone on the auction last night when I was bored, and one of Selman's I have wanted for at least two years "May" follow me home...but don't tell Rita...she'll laugh at me.)
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sunnyjay
Original Author
12 years ago
lynxe - Here's what it said about Coeur Atout when I googled it. "'Coeur Atout' is the product of a local hybridizer (Les Jardins Osiris) and is now difficult to obtain. The bright cherry red heart is set in a clear, saturated orange". I read on another site that said it was not registered.......
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sunnyjay
Original Author
12 years ago
Kay - You're too funny!!! I'm sure I won't be done planting til I am "planted" as well! Very well put Kay!

lynxe - P.S. I didn't plant them all in the same bed because I didn't have room to! So the hosta, Leah Abbott and Hall's Pink went into the small bed I have in front of my shed and the other 4 had to go in one of the raised beds in the middle of the back yard.......

I saw another Daylily I was tempted by at my corner store awhile back. There was only one and I'm thinking that I should have got it but it's probably gone by now anyway. It's name was "Canadian Border Patrol" and it was 9.99 plus tax...........
jean_ar
12 years ago
I just think one can always make room for another plant, even if one has to be dug up to make room.

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