A Quickie

A while ago I saw Xerophyllum tenax (Bear grass) at Vassey Nursery and liked its looks but didn't buy it because I knew nothing about the plant, the tag said very little, and I'd not brought Botanica along.  Fortunately, Loree posted about buying one which reminded me of seeing it.  After learning more about it, I decided to go back to Vassey to get one one day after work.  The Acer palamatums were doing their spring thing.  There was a time when I didn't particularly care for this whole group of trees but now I find them beautiful and fascinating!

  Really, this was going to be a super quick trip to grab the Bear grass and go. Can you beat that color?

Peucedanum ostruthium 'Daphnis'  "Well-behaved Bishop's Weed replacement."  Where's the fun in that.  If it doesn't cause you to require a chiropractor after eradicating it, is there any challenge?

Thalictrum 'Evening Star' new a year or two ago from Terra nova.  "Leaves like an epimedium"  (Resistance is futile L.B.)  I love this and since the one I bought last year is coming back with gusto,  more might come home to join the party.

The quick trip thing sort of flew out the window when I saw more new arrivals like this Grevillia 'Pink Pearl.' but if I got every Grevillia that I liked, I'd have them all.

Who can resist Gentians?  True blue flowers, several flats of them.  

It would be thoughtless not to bring a few of these home to share with those who live in my garden but don't go to nurseries, right?

Viola 'Hertthrob' has beautiful leaves but it doesn't last long in my garden for some reason.  Have you grown this one?  Has it lasted for very many years for you?

Talking about saturated color,  Pericallis 'Deep Blue'  is so intense, it almost hurts your eyes to look at it.  Beautiful.

OOPS, geraniums.   I always get my geraniums from Vassey because their four inch pots are each given a full foot of growing space in all directions. 

Therefore, the 3- 4 dollar four inch pots from Vassey have plants the size of  more expensive gallons from other places. 

The fancy leaved varieties that I like often sell out fast so, better get a few while the gettin's good, right?   Somehow this quickie trip to the nursery to pick up that little bear grass yeilded this:

Not pictured are a couple six packs of Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem' whose foliage, when brushed against produces a fragrance that I love.   It may amuse you to know that I've not yet planted a single thing purchased this winter/spring so far. My garden is looking more and more like a nursery every day.   Wishing you happy plant hunting!