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Mar 17, 2008 | 5:32 PM PST
Tags: gunnera , fuschia , tree peony , creek , dutch bulb company
Hooray! My goodies from the Dutch Bulb Company were waiting for me by the front door when I got home from work today :)
In the box was 1 Great Gunnera, 2 Hardy Fuschias (one pink and white and one purple and white) and 1 Tree Peony.
I had ordered these back in January, but they don't ship them until planting time...which actually is quite handy. I promptly went out and planted all my goodies.
The Great Gunnerra went on the far creek bank. The 2 Fuschias went by the Lilac in the back of the azalea bed and the Tree Peony went in the new bed where we took out the maple tree this past winter.
I would have taken picts...but they were all shipped bare root, so the picts would not have looked like much. Hopefully they will thrive and be amazing :)
Jan 18, 2008 | 7:45 PM PST
Tags: gunnera , fuchsia , tree peony , creek , archive
Once the weather warmed up and it dried out a bit...I headed out to do more creek clean up. It really is starting to take shape and all the dreams I had for it can now become a reality!
I have also been taking time the last couple of days to print out all of my blog entries. I find it so helpful to look back on the past pictures, successes, and failures when thinking of the future in my garden. I plan on putting all the pages in a binder and keeping them for future reference. Of course, that means lots of time at the computer, so I am looking through all the catalogs that have been flooding my mailbox and I have been ordering some fun things!
I placed a great order today with Van Bourgondein......
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em>The main thing I am excited about is a "Great Gunnera" for the creek!
This is of course, the pict from the website, but I have very high hopes that the bare root that will arrive in the mail, will look like this beauty one day! The website said it is perfect for creek banks and likes wet feet. The leaves are said to get up to 6 feet accross!!!!
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also ordered a Kamata-nishiki tree peony (which I have always wanted) and a collection of hardy fuchsias!
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em>I couldn't resist all this temptation....they even had an offer of $25 off!
SO FUN!
Tomorrow
I will work on more creek clean out so that when my goodies arrive I can put them in the ground...
