2009-06-21

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2009-06-21 01:36 pm
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Garden notes to self

1. Golden sage is amazingly hardy, quick-growing, and vibrant. It also looks like ASS next to the red Asiatic lily. One of them must move. Sage looks good with purple things.

2. The Stargazer lily deserves a bigger pot next year, if I don't buy ground to put it in. Try white or pink creeping phlox around it's feet if the artemesia doesn't survive.

3. Don't transplant veggies in a heat wave.

4. If I buy dirt, plant black grass and something orange with the red asiatic. California poppies, tiger lily, or penstemon (penstemon pinifolius is a good orange). There's a creeper with dark blue flowers that'd look *awesome* in front of a red and orange bed...hmmm...rocky mountain penstemon is also that lovely blue.

5. Next time you make a flower bed, PLAN.

Most of my planning notes are around the lilies. I LOVE lilies, but was never allowed to have them when I lived with my folks', and never learned what they look nice with. I *finally* made one good pair - artemesia 'silver mound' and my stargazer - but I don't have high hopes for it, because everything I plant with that lily dies.