My final spend-out....yeah, right!

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Yesterday a cheerful little publication arrived in the mail.
DANGER, DANGER, financial meltdown ahead!!!

Well, I’d been planning to order more plants from this nursery, anyway, but I didn’t need the temptation. I didn’t need to have a catalog right in front of my face, mocking me with pretty photos and tantalizing descriptions. So today at lunchtime I ordered what should, hopefully (depending upon my resistance level), be one of my last batches of plants. I do have another group to be ordered this evening, and that will be it, I promise!

From Sunlight I bought 4 Delphinium exaltatum, a native larkspur that grows about 5 or 6 feet high. These should perform better in our heat and humidity than the English hybrids that are commonly offered.
The other plants I have in mind are these:
Aconitum uncinatum – southern blue monkshood. I’ve been looking for this native monkshood for a while and so I have convinced myself that the purchase is justified.

Aster cordifolia – blue wood aster. Does well in sun or shade, will work great in one of my difficult areas.

Rudbeckia fulgida – a shorter Rudbeckia than the R. hirta I’ve grown for the past 2 years & much less likely to flop under windy conditions.

Alabama snow-wreath (I can’t remember the scientific name). This is a shrub I’d never heard of, rare and found in only a few counties in GA, TN & AL. Beautiful white flowers.

I’m still planning to build several raised beds for tomatoes, beans and strawberries. And I want to plant both wild blueberries and a couple of heat-tolerant varieties.
I planted brussels sprouts in a raised bed last fall, but planted them too late. But they’re all still alive, and growing! Tonight I bought some Chinese broccoli and will get that in the ground over the weekend.
Happy planning, everybody!

• 25 Feb, 2011
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