Apologies for those of you struggling with upside down pictures. I have since learned the proper way to take them. Again, these are pictures from years past. I'm working on a new post re: before and afters from thinning out some of the beds. This weekend I evicted a bunch of corn flowers. I ended up with a 5 foot tall pile of what I had pulled. They self seed like crazy. Deadheading lesson learned. This long weekend I will be working on the patio bed. See last picture. Having a real problem this year with wild onions and creeping phlox everywhere. I like to see a bit of space in between things. Makes me appreciate each individual plant.

There is just no end to the beauty of those posts! I also grow mostly older cultivars - they're tried and true and very reliable. My Galaxy Explosion was new for me last year, and didn't do very well, so hope it looks as good as yours this year. The Rose Masterpiece clump is gorgeous! Now, to pick a favorite, of all above, I guess I'd have to go with 'Down Home', even though I already have so many rose and pinks. It just looks so pure and seems that it would show off from a great distance away. Thanks for sharing, Julie

I'll probably post for cuttings next week. Mail or pickup, your choice. Note however, the pickup gets the big cuttings. I'm not planning on sending anything out real soon. No-Clue - the plants are about 2 feet from the wall and about 2-3 feet apart. A bit too close to tell you the truth. I'd leave more space between them if I had a choice. But then, the spacing was determined by the number of plants I had at the time. Plants have been in the ground about 5 years now. Here's what they looked like in 2008. That's a different wall and garage next door by the way.

I will tell you that from a retail nursery buyer's viewpoint, any containers need to be fully rooted for sale. So I'd question the ability to plant them in the ground now, dig up and divide in spring and pot up at that time yet still develop a full enough root mass for the container to be salable that season. Sounds like you may be pushing the process a bit :-) I'd look into growing the starts directly in the containers - this will reduce the timeline from field to sales by at least half, maybe more. And greatly reduce your effort as well. If you have overwintering concerns, just mulch the containers well in the field. btw, so you appear knowledgeable and experienced to your potential buyers, you should know that liriope/mondo grass is not really a grass at all :-) It is a flowering perennial that used to be part of the lily family but has been reclassified in the Asparagaceae. ALL ornamental grasses are members of the Poaceae family.