Friday, May 4, 2012

Wish List 2012


It is the eve of my first nursery visit of the year and after many cups of tea and catalogues, my perennial wish list for 2012 is prepared:



Echinacea Virgin, a lovely white with a green center.
Anenome Sylvestris, to replace my pink Anenome Prince Henry, which is alarmingly invasive, as  it turns out.
Centranthus Ruber, to celebrate (?)  that I have alkaline soil.  Yep, finally had my pH tested.
Digitalis Camelot White - I had this last year, it is a biennial that sadly did not propogate, but it lent such a stately look to a spot in the garden that I must try again.
Epimedium Alabaster - I've never had an epimedium, and my only reason for this being on my list is that I caved in to a picture in the White Flower Farm Catalogue.  (Do I need a better reason?)
Geranium Sanguineum Elke, because I have an on-going love affair with perennial geraniums and this is a pretty little thing..
Gaillardia, because last  year's simply petered out on me.
Stokesia, a much touted perennial that after many years of being under consideration, might finally draw me in.
Flax Linum - Oh, dear fragile little flax.  I need to start calling you an annual.  I can't do without you and I love seeing you dance in the corners of my garden.
Rudbekia Cappucinno - I had this Gloriosa Daisy in my Pittsburgh garden but my soil rejected it because of a "wilt" factor present in my soil, a not uncommon situation with Rudbekia.  I'm ready to try it in my New York soil.
White Salvia  (a cousin of blue salvia) is lovely, but  has become harder to find in recent years.  I have one, but it has been very slow to increase to a size that welcomes division.
Penstemon Husker Red - ditto - have one, but it is too slow growing to divide.  I've been patiently waiting for three years.
Nepeta Fasseni - Please stop me from getting this.  I pulled every last bit from my last garden for the sin of being invasive.  But I read that it makes a pretty underplanting for Knock-out Roses, and the roses are well away from my perennial beds.

I'll start my day at Schultz's Greenhouse, where young and common perennials can be had for $1.99 apiece.  Then I'll proceed to Hewitt's.  If I find three or four of the above, it will be a very good day!  Now how am I supposed to sleep tonight after putting this into writing??







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