Plants and more plants

[rsc]

It must be Memorial Day weekend. I put about 66 plants into the ground today. John probably put in almost as many. We're not done. And we have plants that we're not sure we have any place to put. Today was mostly annuals, although we finally got some Shasta daisies to replace the ones that didn't come back in Parsons' Folly.

I figured we'd put all seven flats of marigolds in the northern end of the Lawn Garden, but once John had put in about 4½ of them he ran out of room.

We were able to find Nemesia at Marshall's¹! This is good, because the ones I planted from seed didn't survive.

We have one flat of things that we bought at Lexington Gardens which is kind of vexing. They have variegated red-to-orange leaves (I don't think they're supposed to have flowers of any interest), and I remember that the sign on them said that they get to be 3 feet high, which makes placement a problem. What's most vexing is that there's no label in the flat, and I can't remember what they're called. Maybe I'll get jwg to post a picture to find out if any of you can identify them.

Meanwhile, there are five cotoneaster² shrubs sitting in pots waiting to be planted in the newly-cleared space next to the parking area. We'd better get it done tomorrow, because the weather is supposed to get bad again after that.


¹A local nursery and farmstand.

²Did anyone else use to think this was pronounced Cotton Easter?

Comments

[drevilmoo.livejournal.com]

Is it coleus? Sure sounds like it.

Now, when will pictures be posted?

[bratman.livejournal.com]

I was thinking coleus too.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

It's not coleus. I know coleus; this has more orange in it than any coleus I've ever seen. There was a sign at the nursery saying what it was, about which the only thing I remember is that it wasn't a familiar name.

Now, when will pictures be posted?

When the fiancé gets arond to it.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Look here for picture

[jss]

> ² Did anyone else use to think this was pronounced Cotton Easter?

Yes.

[bratman.livejournal.com]

So did those little things you had under the grow light next to the bathroom downstairs survive?

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Some did, some didn't. I put the ones that were past the seedling stage (which I have determined are in fact, campanula, like my label said) in the ground yesterday; I haven't looked at them yet today, so I don't know how they felt about last night's 44-degree low (on May 31, c'mon!). The nemesia died. The poppies were still alive, and still very small, when we left on Saturday; we decided that they should be left under the light for a little longer, so we'll see what happens to them.

[glass-diva.livejournal.com]

²Did anyone else use to think this was pronounced Cotton Easter?

From the time I first encountered it until I scrolled down and saw the footnote. What is a one of those and how *do* you pronounce it?

[keyne.livejournal.com]

I was in the same boat, so I looked it up. Dictionary.com, quoting the American Heritage, says it's (approximating this in ASCII):

co-TOH-ney-aster

-- from Latin cotoneum, meaning quince, and -aster, "partially resembling".

Learn something new every day....

[rsc.livejournal.com]

And as to what they are: a fairly dense, spreading, low-growing shrub with small shiny leaves. We think they'll look pretty nice there once they fill out.