A Plant Buying Excursion

Yes, it's hot... it's summertime. Plants should have been in the ground long before now but after that first spurt of purchasing and planting I got busy with other things. Then, I saw 'holes' in my flower gardens. Not holes as 'minus dirt, dug up' holes but vacant spots where no flowers grew. That was sad. I wanted my life filled with growing things, with color, bright beautiful color. So, DD Shirley and I went shopping this morning.

Most of the pots were placed under a shady tree to await my hoe and energy!!

I'm finding that the energy level for digging isn't what it used to be, not at my age anyway. And, it doesn't help one bit that the flower bed under my kitchen window is filled with tiny maple roots that is impossible to break through. The maple tree was there when we moved in...

I planted caladiums in the bed in front of the garage along with the coral bells that were already there. I thought for sure that the caladiums would come back up this spring and sure enough, when I dug into the soil to plant the new plants... there were the bulbs from last year. Slow little buggars, aren't they?

I put the veronica

 in that kitchen bed near the rudbeckia that is trying to pop open.

 I'll add the purplely looking coleus tomorrow.