Over The Mountain To Garden Shop!

This is the view from my favorite nursery of all time. Milmont Greenhouses in Stuarts Draft. As if the rows and rows of plants aren't enough? Look-at those mountains.

I feel that I must write of Milmont each and every spring, as each and every gardener should have the good fortune of experiencing the mind-numbing assortment of horticultural goodies that they offer. Maybe it is new to you.

Willa and I even went this past Wednesday, during the cold and the rain. But never-you-mind, it didn't matter. We got some parsley (a cool weather loving herb) and strawberry plants. I'm putting those in big glazed containers as I do not have it in me to fight the good fight of a strawberry patch. Been there, done that, and it sucked.

I also purchased some False Blue Indigo, yarrow, coreopsis and butterfly bushes for the front garden. (All LOW maintenance and drought tolerant - good plants for the newbie gardener.)

I'm at-the-ready for the spring-fever weather that they are promising this weekend - spade in hand. Bring it!

Stabilize a Slope :: Dayliles

"Dreamer in My Dreams"- Daylily Macro

Ah. Those pesky hills and dales that come with living in the foothills. I'm not complaining, mind you. The texture of our landscape is killer. And, sometimes, just challenging.

For those erosion prone spots on our land, I am slowing filling them in with daylilies. Dependable, yet the possibilities of colors and shades keep things interesting. Unlike a lot of groundcovers that are used for slope stabilization. (Not that there's anything wrong with those . . . )

I just bought some daylilies from Parry's Farm through Etsy. "Wineberry Candy" and "Jolyene" varieties. They arrived last week, carefully packaged with a water-proof care sheet - and I planted them this past Sunday.

I will also purchase some Stella D'oro's from our daycare's fundraiser (yes, an over-used daylily, but it was all they were offering as far as daylilies went and I'm hoping that mixing it up with different varieties will resuscitate them in my eyes). And some others will be transplants from around our land.

Daylilies make things happen quickly. Filling in drab spots lickety-split, offering up blooms usually by the first season. Making the sweat equity worth it.