17 May 2006 - 11:30 AM Garden Report Inexplicably, some things that should be rocksolid performers never make it. Examples: Echinacea 'White Swan,' various butterfly bushes (Buddleia) and several Coreopsis. Some things that should be tetchy do fine. Examples: most of the roses, irises, camellia. The pinks in the back yard have been there 4 years now. In Maman's garden they died out after 3. These (same variety) have not only endured, but spread and are now invading the grass outside the bed. Not that I'm complaining. Some things are just as fussy as I thought they'd be. The butterfly rose is the most prominent member of this club. Planted this spring:
1 Eastern Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), off the end of the driveway.
4 'Mountain Spring' tomato vines and 4 Sweet 100s
1 miscellaneous purple Siberian iris (purchased at Homestead as 'iris, assorted') in the front, by the walk Mail-order nurseries for whom I have warm fuzzies: Forest Farm and The Uncommon Rose | |