My Quest For Green Things...

Now, I am not the green thumb in our family--I usually forget to water things. :oP


My husband on the other hand keeps the green things we DO have in our house nicely watered. When he was a little boy growing up in Poland, one of his jobs was to water all of the plants in their house, and apparently there were many.


So, needless to say, I choose plants and shrubs that are as maintenance free as possible and my dear hubby and daughter water them each evening during dry spells. :o)


I wanted to add some things to my front flowerbeds this spring and so when my parent's church had their annual plant sale this past Saturday, I was excited. They had some 1,400 plants and shrubs--all transplants from the church members own collections, one women in particular contributed the majority though. (What a job! But it's obviously something she really enjoys.)


I love bluebells, so I was thrilled to get two of those for the front of my flowerbed. (They're past their bloom for this year, but they should be nice next year.) A nice hosta, weeping jenny, coreopsis, geranium, four vinca vines, and twenty dollars later I was a happy girl! Not only was the price right (for 10 plants!!!), but all the proceeds were going to one of the missions organizations the church supports so it was a good cause too.



Here's the new planter pot (all plants from the sale) I put on my front porch...



...and the two larger vinca vines I bought for the back deck.



I bought these geraniums the other weekend at a local greenhouse. They're called "Global Sangria" and I LOVE their deep magenta color.



Now I'm just waiting for our association to send the guys out to dig up the montrous yucca plant that is taking over my other front flowerbed. It'll have huge white flowers on those towering shoots soon, but it's a beast of a plant--you have to get every little bit of root out or it'll come back in full force the next year.



I already have a flowering shrub in mind that won't get too big: a "Minuet" Weigela. Here's what it looks like.




And, so I remember what is where, I've decided to do what my friend Danielle suggested recently on her blog. Check out her Garden Journal & Notebook idea here.