Today was the Chelsea Garden Club's annual plant sale. I try to get to this sale every year. I like that the plants are all taken from local gardens so they will not have "culture shock" when I plant them in my gardens. By supporting the local Garden Club I get beautiful flowers and plants for my yard and beautiful gardens in town. There is also the added bonus of visiting with friends while I shop and knowing which gardens my plants originally grew in.
I got a few plants for our white garden- white daylilly, a few ferns, some white astilbe, sweet woodruff, silver edge ivy, and jack in the pulpits.
The plants for the white garden are in the ground. But, I had to deal with the "gardening creep" phenomenon. This is when one simple gardening task leads to many others. Those star-of-bethlehem bulbs that have multiplied to bunches so thick that they won't even bloom had to be divided and planted around the white tulips. The iris that had grown so close to the chicken barn that the leaves are growing up behind the siding had to be moved too. Actually, that one was on my list for several years. Then, I noticed that the tree by the herb garden has grown so much that the area is not as sunny as it used to be so I moved the lovage and sage from the shade to the sunny side of the garden. I also weeded lots around the yard. It was such a beautiful day that I stayed out working all morning and afternoon.
I still have a bunch of plants to put in the other gardens in the yard. I should have done it today.
Tomorrow it is supposed to rain.
