It's been awhile since I wrote an entry and I have so much to write about! The past two weekends I've made mini-jaunts out to nurseries to browse and idea-generate. I'm on the edge of my seat wanting to try hordes of beautiful plants I've seen, like a kid in a candy shop. But I know I have to take it slow before I spend oodles of money and not have the time or space for good follow through.
Today I visited my parents, who have a truly spectacular flower garden. They have a lifetime of hand-me-down plants from various places they've lived or visited, dug up, subdivided, and replanted. The result is a phenomenal collection. It's amazing, because as we walk around the garden, they tell the tales -- "Here's the Creeping Phlox we took from the hillside by the old apartment at college... And now here's the Black-eyed-Susans we got from my parent's old Johnstown house..." and so forth. So endearing!! It adds a whole new dynamic to gardening all together.
Today I dug up bits and pieces of perennials to give them a shot, based on my research of what will do well in shade, and also based on pure observation of its current environment. It's a great beginning. Here's what I have:
Lily of the Valley
Hosta
Bleeding Heart
Columbine
Blue Bells
Various Seedum
Moss
Chives
Pachysandra
Creeping Phlox
Right now everything is watered, wrapped in newspaper, and in plastic bags. (I ran out of sunlight to plant!!) I am so excited to arrange them in my planters I am almost contemplating taking a sick day from work tomorrow to work on it! :)
Today I visited my parents, who have a truly spectacular flower garden. They have a lifetime of hand-me-down plants from various places they've lived or visited, dug up, subdivided, and replanted. The result is a phenomenal collection. It's amazing, because as we walk around the garden, they tell the tales -- "Here's the Creeping Phlox we took from the hillside by the old apartment at college... And now here's the Black-eyed-Susans we got from my parent's old Johnstown house..." and so forth. So endearing!! It adds a whole new dynamic to gardening all together.
Today I dug up bits and pieces of perennials to give them a shot, based on my research of what will do well in shade, and also based on pure observation of its current environment. It's a great beginning. Here's what I have:
Lily of the Valley
Hosta
Bleeding Heart
Columbine
Blue Bells
Various Seedum
Moss
Chives
Pachysandra
Creeping Phlox
Right now everything is watered, wrapped in newspaper, and in plastic bags. (I ran out of sunlight to plant!!) I am so excited to arrange them in my planters I am almost contemplating taking a sick day from work tomorrow to work on it! :)
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