Plants and more plants

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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?

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