Archive for August 29th, 2008

Newcomers to the garden 2009

Since this is suppose to be my electronic garden journal, I am documenting what has been ordered and still needs to be ordered thus far for next season’s garden. Most online sources have been running great promotional sales so it is best to order ahead. Perennials & spring blooming bulbs will be planted this fall and the annual/vegetable seeds can be germinated in the early spring or direct sown into the garden after the last hard frost:

Vegetable (from seed): ordered
Lettuce Mild Mesclun
Baby Cucumber ‘Cucino’
Squash ‘Park’s Straight’
Organic French Bean Purple-Podded Climbing
Annuals (from seed): ordered
Cypress Vine ‘Mixed Colors’
Black-Eyed Susan Vine ‘White’

Zinnia ‘Profusion Fire’
Zinnia ‘Profusion White’
Zinnia ‘Profusion Orange’
Zinnia ‘Profusion Apricot’
Zinnia ‘Oklahoma Mix’
Perennials/Shrubs (plants): to be ordered
Echinacea ‘Harvest Moon’ & ‘Sundown’
Belamcanda ‘Hello Yellow’
Echinops ‘Ritro’
Euphorbia ‘Chameleon’
Lobelia ‘Vedraiensis’ (purple)
Hydrangea ‘Pinky Winky’
Polemonium Brise D’Anjou (Jacob’s Ladder)
Pink Friesland Salvia
Bulbs: ordered
Thalia Daffodil
Allium ‘Purple Sensation’
Daffodil ‘Minnow’
Foxtail Lily ‘Bungei’
Bi-color Blue Grape Hyacinth