Planning for Fall - continued...

First series of Fall purchases are here.

To encourage the hummingbirds, I just bought these two Agastaches.

I'm going to plant Desert Sunrise next to the rose, just behind the downspout.

Pstessene Coronado Red will go in front of the kitchen window next to the Buddleia.

I want to put some Hollyhocks behind the Rudbeckia. I just need to figure out how to do it...
buy small plants?
start seeds in peat pots in the spring?
sow seeds now?

some research is in order.

Garden - Planning for Fall

6/7/2012
Thanks to my Mom's gift of a certificate for White Flower Farm, I have purchased two of my wish list items. Since they ship at the right time for planting, I don't have to pretend I know :-)
















This pink foxglove will go here:

















This echinacea will go between the yellows:


6/12/2012
Edited to add...
Just bought this Clematis.
I'm going to put it on the lamp post.
It blooms from May to September!!
Now I have to make a bed and figure out what to use for a support to get it going.

Garden - Some Ideas

Garden - A Plan

Now that we'd seen what was in the garden, and we'd cut down the bushes, the next step was to create a plan. I made a detailed plan of the front beds and a more general one of the back. I also sent the soil to the agricultural exchange for testing, and found out that everything was very general and wouldn't need any amendments.