Hi Adam and everyone, Hmm. So it was not just me having little success with Minnow. Someone had problem with his Thalia earlier this year. I forgot where he got it from. Sun Disc/Sundisc didn't live long for me either. Just too crowded in my garden. Craigford is a mid season bloomer. Much earlier than Geranium. Looks almost like Geranium. Smells good too. re Leucojum. LOL. Amanda is right. Way too many leaves. Stay green longer than narcissi too. :-P But I love them. Planted only 25 the first year. Loved it so much I added 100 the next year. A mistake, because they multiply like rabbits. :-) I suggest that you plant no more than 25-30 and quite far apart, say 2' to give them room to increase. I like mine right in front of the border between Alchemilla mollis so I can admire its delicate beauty and Alchemilla can hide the Leucojum later in the season. Since it is white, it goes well with everything. I have clay soil. I learned that large size narcissi don't mind it one bit, but miniatures don't like it at all. I planted a couple hundred of N. bulbocodium on my lawn that had not really been cultivated hoping to get a drift of it. Didn't work. Only one bloomed then totally disappeared. Nell's reading suggestion is good. My soil is heavy clay. I have amended it over the years. In fact, I add leaves in the planting hole as I go. Here is what I actually do when I plant blulbs: Dig a deep hole, place a handfull of leaves and a pinch of bone meal at the bottom- a bit of soil-large bulb-a bit of soil & bone meal-a handful of leaves-a bit of soil with bone meal-minor or small bulb-soil-leaves-soil-another bulb-soil-leaves and a bit of soil. I call it composting in situ. LOL. My own invention. Works like charm. My garden beds is quite loamy now. Still rather heavy, though. I may plant 2 or 3 bulbs in one hole, depending on what I have. When I have mulch and/or compost I dump the whole thing on top of the beds whenever I clean them up.

I have a big clump of grass that needs to be moved too. My kids wanted me to plant Zebra grass, so I did and it's huge now. I think it's going to stay where it is. Ceresone - Would it be easier to dig out a little of your grass so you'll have a couple starts and Round-up the rest? I'm sure it must be hard for you to do just anything. How frustrating. Gld - I remember seeing solidago 'Fireworks' in the High Country Gardens catalog. Maybe you ought to move those two closer together. HCG has their Purple Dome pictured with solidago and it really stands out. Here is a link that might be useful: HCG - Purple Dome Aster

The easiest way would be to replace the slats with 3/4" plywood. You may need to add some 1x4 stiffeners to the plywood to keep it from sagging in the middle.

Stipa is a winter growing grass so it will germinate in cool weather. I grew this from seed it was easy, I think EVERY seed germinated. I ended up removing the grass because I am in the countryside and was worried that it might escape my yard. I am Z8b so I can not tell you about what cool weather means here and what it means where you are.