Is a little interrupted, due to the landscaping project going on. We finally hired the original company to come out and do various stuff, much of which was heavy pruning and landscape barriers. There will be some lifting up of several steps and some patio stones, due to setting in of the soil over the years, and another replacement of the rotting log barriers from 18 years ago with some of the leftover stones from the front yard. There is new territory in both sun and shade to plant seeds.
As usual, many seeds collected to sow. BUT, this year I am not going to plant seeds in pots, only a couple different types . The rest will go directly into the ground around the yard, which is why I am anxious to have the areas finished with their landscaping.
Seeds I have this year:
Harvest (blue) brodiaea, all the fawn lillies – pink, yellow, Oregon off white, Shooting stars, Gaillardia yellow daisy, Arrowleaf yellow daisy, Bear Grass, the Irises Setosa, Chrysophylla and Missourienes, the Buckwheats Parsnip flowered, sulphur flowered and Rock Buckwheat. Yellow Desert parsley, Sea thrift, and Monardella odorissima, Woodland Penstemon (notochelone). I did put several types of seeds in an unused planter as a ‘nursery’ planter, the dirt raised up to get more light. The Gaillardia did well in pots, so I may do that one. Already planted some seed ‘mixes’ around the yard. Also planted Trillium Chloropetalum Kurabayashi, the dark maroon colored flower, which we bought at the seed sale. Last fall, planted regular Chloropetalum several places, it should start coming up next spring.
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