flower day

[zinniz]

so i went to home depot in search of petunias and such. i arrived to find the selection of perennials a sad sad sight. i ended up picking up a few cheap flower pots, some potting soil and some more mulch since i was almost out.

then i went to the flower store i keep driving by on watson. something like "colors of spring" but i'm not sure. the people there are really nice. they had much better looking flowers than home depot, so i got a couple trays. a bunch of petunias, some begonias, marigolds, and some other flower i forgot the name of. plus one potted hibiscus. they have such lovely blooms :)

i planted all of them but a few begonias and the one whos name i cant remember. i'm saving the rest of those to fill in around where the tulips are now. i just have to wait for the tulip greens to die out.

oh, i also planted all my gladioli bulbs. i had a ton of them since i planted them first last year and they multiplied. i hope they do well this year. i planted them somewhat later than last year.

i filled in under the rose bushes with some dark mulch. i do not have words express how much better it looks than the white marble rocks that i covered up. now i need more mulch to do underneath the evergreen shrubs on the other side of the front door.

i also want to find some medium sized rocks to make some dividers and borders with. hmmm. so much to do!

Comments

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

i got some great plants there last year right at the beginning of spring. I think i waited too long this year and some of them were obviously not watered enough and they were really picked over :(

[kill9.livejournal.com]

Don't forget a key rock so I can come in and steal your VCR.

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

wow, all that stereo equipment and you want my vcr? sure. no problem. key's under the fat cat.

[tuckspuddn.livejournal.com]

Oooo...sounds preeetty! :) There's a nice little nursery off 44 and 141 that I worked with for our wedding, and they were oh so helpful...

Oh, and hibiscus are my favorite! I had one in New Orleans, but had to leave it there because I didn't have enough room to take it with us. :( It was so nice...it's actually warm enough there to plant the hibiscus and leave it year round. While I missed winter a little, I preferred the fact that it was always nice and colorful.

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

i really really wish it were warm enough here to keep them year round. Alas :(

[tuckspuddn.livejournal.com]

Well, the weather is gorgeous there, but the school districts suck and the job market is pathetic. Does that make it any better?

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

maybe i should move to hawaii so my hibiscus can live there all year ;)

[tuckspuddn.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, but cost of living is high there! ;)

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

aren't you little miss sunshine today!!!

[tuckspuddn.livejournal.com]

LOL...it's all the noise! It's making me crazy! :)

[jazzmahn.livejournal.com]

You can get perfeclty nice limestone on the side of 44, where those hils have cut-out.

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

hmmm....any places NOT on the interstate? I don't particularly like stopping there :)

[jazzmahn.livejournal.com]

Near 30 and 141? There are those cliffs and that. plenty of rock.

[zinniz.livejournal.com]

hmmm...i'll check that out!