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Of my deck bed garden plant list, I've acquired 2 plants - one Japanese Stewartia (the one I was really excited about but was afraid I wouldn't find!) and a "mock orange". Yesterday, I gave D the list of plants and today, he went shopping for them. He went to a local nursery called Bennie's, and just handed the woman working there the list and let her take over and find them for him. This is what he came home with:

The stewartia...

Now, I was a bit surprised by the mock orange because I had mexican orange on my list and I had asked for 3 of them. So, wrong plant, wrong amount, but maybe this is another name for mexican orange. I need to compare Latin names, here. I do remember reading that mexican orange is evergreen and this...

is NOT evergreen. At least not in this climate. Gotta do more research on this one. I'm sure I could find a place for it, but I don't think it's what I was looking for. Bummer.

Here's the mock orange's tag:

and the back of it...

And, here's the tag for the stewartia...

I'm going to try to find a good conifer that won't get TOO huge as the second tree for this bed, instead of the Japanese snowbell tree that's recommended. Then, I've got to start shopping for the rest of the list.

I saw some Korean Spice viburnum at Fred Meyers the other day for a decent price, so I might have to go back there soon.

 I still have to decide what to plant instead of the heath, because I don't much like heath and I've noticed that that fountain grass hasn't been at Home Depot, Lowe's, or Fred Meyer, so I need to think of a good replacement for it, too, in case I can't find it anywhere else. Run-on sentence, anyone?