Today was a perfect spring day for transplanting.  Unfortunately, I found the time for this project much later than was ideal.  I suspect the plants will recover and grow on nicely, anyway–I could almost hear them sighing with relief as I moved them to better potting mix and bigger pots.

Here is a list of what I ended up potting on today:

Polemonium “Purple Rain”–I ended up potting on a dozen of these, and they will go nicely in the orchard garden in the fall when I plant it.

Mixed Campanulas–there are about a dozen or more of these, too.  They appear to be smaller, trailing types, as opposed to the tall uprights, like lactiflora and persicifolia.  It will be fun to see what they are–these will end up in the orchard garden, as well.

Abutilon vitifolium “Suntense” —these germinated sporadically over time, and in fact several seedlings have just come up, so I left them in the seed pot.  I was able to transplant a dozen of the larger seedlings.  I’ll keep a few in pots, likely, and sell the others at the plant sale here in September.

Myosotis scorpioides–I think the starting mix was too sandy for these seeds, but they did come up over time and I ended up with about 15 tiny seedlings to pot on.  I put them in a more moisture retentive mix, so hopefully they’ll gain some ground before being set out in the orchard garden.

Alpine strawberries–Interestingly, many more of the yellow type came up than the red.  I potted on over 20 of the yellow, but left the red in their seed pot to grow on a bit more.  I counted about a dozen of the red.  These will go in the orchard garden, too.

Mixed dianthus–I transplanted nine of these–they are destined for the orchard garden, too.  I may need to get more seeds, though, as nine won’t do the job considering how much ground I need to cover!

Argemone albiflora–three of these appear to have survived my tray-dropping accident from a while back.  They looks so much like California poppies that I’m a bit suspicious;  we’ll see what they end up being.

Oenothera pallida–I transplanted at least two dozen of these.  They were smallish, but seem fine and had good roots.  Some will go in the orchard garden, some will be sold and some are destined for our friend Mike, who winters in Arizona where I discovered these beautiful plants growing wild and blooming in the dessert.

Mixed lathyrus–there were 14 of these seedlings that I potted on, and their roots were pretty tangled.  Hopefully, they will recover and grow well.  Only two of them appear to be vines and the rest appear to be bushy perennials.

Some of the transplants above.  The abutilons are to the right, the myositis are in the middle, with campanulas in the back and the red strawberries to the left crowded a bit in the six-pack.