aspenhill's blog: New Plant Haul

Sunday
Wednesday was my annual road trip to Pennsylvania to the amish nurseries. Mike drove me and two Mid Atlantic gardening friends in his big boxed in service truck so we had plenty of room for plants, shrubs, and soils. The five hour round trip and all that shopping make for a long day, but boy did I get a nice plant haul!

Our first stop was Conestoga Nursery where they sell trees and shrubs. I got two nice sized sky pencil hollies to plant near the grotto. In addition to the hollies, I got three shrubs - lilac 'Monge', cryptomeria 'Globosa Nana', and a Coral Berry 'Proud Berry'. The Coral Berry has been on my wish list, the cryptomeria wasn't specifically on my wish list, but something evergreen, shade tolerant, and deer resistant for the Stumpery was, and I looked at several possibilities before choosing the cryptomeria, the lilac was pure whim. Also at the shrub place I picked up another 'Spotty Dotty'. I love this Chinese Mayapple and it is the only place that I've ever seen it. I have two from previous trips and they are doing well. I was also really excited to find tree peonies for $28. That is almost unheard of. Tree peonies run upwards of $75 - $100 wherever I've seen them before. I picked up two different pink ones.

Then we went to Black Creek Greenhouse, our favorite place. I found Bergenia 'Peppermint Patty' that I had on my wish list after seeing it on Garden Answer a few days ago. Picked up two clematis, both are pink - 'Princess Diana' and 'Rosalie'. I also got a bunch of Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' and Lamium 'Purple Dragon' which are needed to fill in gaps in lines of previous plantings. More groundcover - Sweet Woodruff and Lady's Mantle for the Lemon Garden. Also for the Lemon Garden I picked up two yellow dianthus 'Hello Yellow' and two white gauras 'Graceful Blush'. Two hostas to add to Hosta Haven - loved the name 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' so I got that one and the other is called 'Wrinkle in Time'. The other perennial odds and ends are a few Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Frost' and Lobelia Starship 'Blue'.

Then it was on to the annual and herb section of Black Creek. I just couldn't pass on those Proven Winners annuals. My friend Jill spotted the double impatiens we've been wanting, so I got 'Wisteria', 'Apple Blossom', and 'White'. A few Superbells, Supertunias, and Superbenas too. I got fresh mints to put in my 5 mint containers - even though mints are perennial and basically thugs, I keep them in containers and they rarely survive over winter. And last but not least, two nice hanging baskets of streptocarpella as the thriller and creeping jenny as the spiller.

It rained on Thursday and Friday. It was sunny yesterday but the winds were horrific. The weather has really been awful for gardening so far this year. Only a few days here and there where it hasn't been cold, raining, and/or windy Today may turn out to be ok, and if so, I'll try to make the most of it. That new plant haul won't get planted by itself missy.

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