2012 Plannings and Plantings

Started the following seeds today:

Achillea Summer Berries (Yarrow) (2)

Eupatorium Purpureum (Joe-Pye Weed) (2/4?)

Asclepias Cinderalla (Butterfly Weed) (2/4?)

Salvia Farinacea Fairy Queen (8)

Petunia Double Cascade (sprinkled 35 minute seeds into a pot)

Lupine Sunrise (I forget how many. Direct sowed in front of the irises, since I have not had good luck with transplanting them. They never seem to do well, but I would really like to see what they look like in person since they seem beautiful in pictures.)

To be planted:

Acroclinium Best Mixed (Paper Daisy)

Sunflower Giant Sungold

Evening Primrose Innocence (Oenothera)

The parsley I planted last year is still around and seems to be doing well. Saw some red dots on the tips of the irises planted in the semi-circle and clipped them off. The primroses by the back door looked really vibrant this year. There seems to be baby primroses growing around the one which gets the most sun. Bleeding hearts is filling out nicely and had quite a few stems of flower. I'm very pleased with it. Also started some sweet pea in a pot earlier this year which are starting to take off. Hopefully I will be better about watering them. The tulips planted out in the front looked good (not exceptional, but not bad either). Now I'm wondering what to plant in its place. I started some yellow cosmos from the free seeds I received from the National Gardening Club and will probably put them out there. Since I don't use the front door very often, that area tends to be a bit neglected in terms of watering and care. Would love to start some Sweet Woodruff again for the back of the house, but have to remember to find seeds.

Also planted the English Daisies that I purchased a few weeks ago from The Home Depot into the ground by the back door. I should probably plant them in a sunnier spot, but the spot I had in mind was too shallow. I suppose I can move it a bit later. For now, the ground seems to be a better place for it than the pot, which, from experience, I tend to neglect. Because of this, I told myself that I would only buy one potted plant at a time since a lot of the time I don't have time or forget to to get them into the ground. 

The David Austin Rose was pruned hard after the canes started to bloom in March. I thought I killed it since nothing happened for a few weeks after that, but I now see some leaves which gives me hope. I'm thinking of planting some peonies by the fence near it. 

Ferns would probably make the front of the house more inviting, but I'm now thinking that maybe it is too sunny in the front. The lavender there are doing well. The one which always seemed to be doing better than the rest seems to be getting a slow start this year. 

Some of the plants on my wishlist are:

Lily-of-the-Valley

Azalea

Sweet Woodruff