I learned how to garden in The South and down there it makes sense to put things in now. There will be a long fall for them to get established, followed by a mild winter and a nice spring before new plants have to deal with the hardest Southern Season - Summer! When it's HOT and, often, dry.
Aster x dumosus 'Alert' [is Aster a valid genus still/ again?]
Here in New England most gardeners put up their shovels in June (or July) and don't pick them back up until the following Spring.
Chasmanthium latifolium var. $5!!!! [Sea Oats, or River Oats if you don't live near the ocean]
Not me. I know we'll still have a nice, long, cool fall before the Worst Season (winter - brrr!) and because garden centers don't want to care for plants for another year, and no one else buys them, all the plants are ON SALE!!!
Gaura unk but the flowers have both white AND pink. I hope they continue this way.
Unfortunately at this time of year selection is limited and labels are often missing or wrong.
Agastache hopeitsurvivesthewinter [I lost a few to the wet spring and a few more to my over-zealous neighbor's string trimmer. Really. There is a brick border on his side but he overseeds the property line into my perennial beds so he "can't tell" where the line is. I may have to do something about that. Next year.]
Coreopsis found with the perennial Coreopsis varieties but I'm suspicious it's an annual. Still, it was on sale. I guess we'll see in the spring.
Still, new plants, dirt under fingernails, and I'm adding to the garden, not taking away. Which is nice to do at this time of the year. Just have to hope for a mild winter.
Is an early spring to much to ask for???
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