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<\/a><\/p>\nI\u2019ve transplanted seven trays so far (72 plants each) of perennials, including three kinds of yarrows,\u00a0lychnis, arabis, dianthus, echinacea and more. \u00a0There are a lot more to move along, so I\u2019ll be working on it throughout the coming week.<\/p>\n
This Verbascum surprised me by opening flowers in the orchard bed. \u00a0It has many other spikes coming on below the original flowers, as well.<\/p>\n The low late-spring light shining through the first streptocarpus to bloom\u2013this lovely white flowered, purple edged cultivar.<\/p>\n There is a Portugal laurel growing just down the street. \u00a0I don\u2019t have room for this shrub\/tree, but I enjoy it in other people\u2019s yards.<\/p>\n The flowers have a light, sweet fragrance. \u00a0They show strongly against the dark glossy foliage.<\/p>\n This gorgeous cistus is planted at a housing development very close by. \u00a0These shrubs are blooming spectacularly this year.<\/p>\n At my new bus stop, an apartment building added some very nice landscaping. \u00a0There are large Acanthus mollis and variegated Hebes looking really sharp along a faux creek bed.<\/p>\n Hebe habit. \u00a0I think this is Hebe variegata.<\/p>\n Close-up view.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I spent hours this weekend potting on the perennial seedlings that I\u2019m growing for the parking strip garden. I\u2019ve transplanted seven trays so far (72 plants each) of perennials, including three kinds of yarrows,\u00a0lychnis, arabis, dianthus, echinacea and more. \u00a0There are a lot more to move along, so I\u2019ll be working on it throughout the … Continue reading Transplanting and Plants in Other People’s Gardens<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Another view showing all the flowers open at once.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n