There are many chores around the garden and greenhouse that I need to tackle in the next few months. I decided to start by planting about 50 seedlings into the Memory Garden this morning.

I spaced the seedlings around the entire garden in the areas that needed filling.

Normally, I would wait for a much wetter time to plant seedlings, but I had the time today so I moved ahead. The ground was very dry, so I watered the entire bed heavily after all the seedlings went in.

Here is the list of what I remember planting:

Shasta Daisy–about 11 of them–a dwarf hybrid that I planted in groups of three to five around the garden.

Oriental Poppy–about 11 of these, too, which I planted in a drift in the center of the bed. These are the Fruit Punch hybrid poppies. I expect there to be some interesting colors in the batch since the mix includes plum, pink, coral and red.

There were four unlabeled perennials that I’m guessing are
Erodium pelargoniflorum, ‘Sweetheart’. I planted them all together just back from the edgers on the street-side of the garden. You can see the flowers of this plant on Chiltern’s site HERE.

I planted about 9 lupines in the easternmost end of the garden where the lilies and tulips are planted. They are from the Tutti Frutti series from Pinetree seen HERE.

There were two columbines that I planted on that were runts from the sowing I did over a year ago. There were three sedums that I planted along the curb, as well as 5 thyme seedlings.

I planted a tree peony seedling that is about five years old. I’m not sure how it will do in a hotter, drier spot, but I’ve seen one that was in a similar position near my workplace. It blooms beautifully every year.

I had a weak plant from a mail-order nursery of Phlox paniculata “Laura” that got planted today, as well.

Three seedlings of Chasmanthium latifolia were planted around a switchgrass that is just starting to grow and prosper.