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We’ve been doing a lot of work outside. Three of the past four Saturday evenings have found us still planting after darkfall.
In the backyard, on top of the rocks against the fence:
Russian Sage (Perovskia) — 9 (mostly dead)
‘Ava’ Agastache — 6 (very dead)
Zauschneria Arizonica (Hummingbird Trumpet)–5 (mostly dead)
Poppy Mallow — 6 (wilty)
‘Arizona Sun’ Blanket Flower — 3 (pretty good)
‘Autumn Joy’ Sedum — 1 (Doing well)
Underneath the arborvitae, on the top of the rocks:
Vinca Major (periwinkle) –3 (very happy!)
Small bed underneath the gas meter:
pink rock rose (helianthemum)-6 (doing well)
Planted in the rock wall in the crevices between rocks:
Hens n Chicks (Sempervivum Tectorum)–Too many to count (outstanding)
‘Dragon’s Blood’ Sedum–Too many to count (great–growing like gangbusters)
Purple Ice Plant (Delosperma Cooperi)–Too many to count (alive & probably well)
Between the tulips at the bottom of the rocks:
‘Blue Heaven’ Veronica Prostrata (speedwell) 7 so far, 5 to go (so far so good)
Sea Thrift (Armeria Maritima)– 3 (blooming!)
Long narrow foundation bed in sideyard:
‘Pardon Me’ Daylilies–15 so far, 3 to go (so far so good)
‘Little Princess’ Spirea–1 (Great–It just leafed out!)
‘Raspberry Delight’ Salvia–2 (Almost dead)
Bed underneath Amelia & Duncan’s windows:
Penstemon ‘pinfolius compactum’ (beardtongue)–12 (crunchy, but still alive?)
Firecracker Penstemon (beardtongue)–2 (Pretty good)
Caryopteris (Blue Mist Spirea)–3 (Looks good for plant coming out of dormancy)
Mock Orange–1 (Dead as a doornail)
woolly thyme–2 (pathetic. Not dead, weak and miniscule)
Courtyard beds facing house:
‘Rose Glow’ Japanese Barberry–7 (Just leafed out; looking good)
‘Ruby Star’ Coneflower (Echinacea)–4 (2 dead as doornails, 2 looking great)
Caryopteris-1 (good)
Renata’s sidewalk bed:
‘Siskiyou Pink” Apple blossom grass (gaura)–9 (wilty)
‘Walker’s Low” Nepeta (catmint)–3–(damaged & small, but they’re hanging in there)
‘May Night’ Salvia–6 (superstar!–already blooming & happy to be there)
‘Hidcote Superior’ English Lavender–3 (D-E-A-D)
‘Powis Castle’ Artemisia–1 (so far so good)
Inside courtyard:
‘Green Mountain’ Boxwood–3 (doing well)
Stop Sign Bed:
‘Twilight’ Big Sky Coneflower (Echinacea)–3 (2 dead, 1 hanging on by its toenails)
‘May Night’ Salvia–6 (Superstar; blooming & flourishing)
Russian Sage (Perovskia)–2 (Dying)
Driveway bed:
‘Hidcote Superior’ English lavender–3 (almost dead)
New Trees:
‘Prairifire’ Crabapple–2 (blooming)
Common Hackberry–1 (No signs of life yet)
Square Foot Garden:
3 squares mesclun mix (germinating!)
3 squares bush peas (germinating!)
3 squares vining peas (germinating!)
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In defense of some of these plants, I want to point out that many of them turned out beautifully. I don’t know for certain which ones may have been replaced, but I’m fairly certain that the gaura mentioned above as “wilty” wasn’t ever replaced, and it ended up thriving and being just gorgeous.
The Zauschneria was beautiful (and attracted an astonishing number of hummingbirds– I’d never have guessed there were so many in this area!) at the end of the season as well, and I don’t think it was replaced either… I’m not totally certain which others were replaced (or not replaced), but in general the yard was looking fabulous once things warmed up.
Oh, right you are. I actually began writing an update to this post which I haven’t yet published that updated the status on all of these plants. In fact, they almost all lived and most of them thrived. It was rather amazing–the miracle of life– I suppose.