There is a greenhouse fairly close to us (15-20 min) that I really like - it’s small(er) than others closer (5 minutes) & it tends to have different plants. It’s a true greenhouse, not a garden center like Lowe’s, etc.
I got online to check ‘availability’ and what do I see but Bee Balm ‘Jacob Cline’ (Monarda didyma). When I looked it up, it has huge red flowers, is considered one of the very best red Monarda varieties & is one of the most mildew resistant.
It’s great in gardens, gets pretty tall, but does well in pots, too. Mom has 6 very large pots that all have the same color/design & should also look nice on the patio. She has two that are currently not planted with hostas & I have talked her into dumping out whatever is in them. I think we are going to the greenhouse this afternoon & buying 2 of the Jacob Cline Monardas ... they shouldn’t be too big this early. They can live in their greenhouse pots for a week or two until I can get the big pots to the patio - also ordering pot caddies so we can move them around.
This is exciting - the red monardas should also help attract humming birds to our place. Next to the patio is a butterfly bush so we should have plenty of butterflies between that bush & the monarda.
The plan for purple is to transplant some of my purple native Monarda this fall, after blooming. By then, the hostas in two more pots should be dying back at which point it might be easier for mom to relinquish those pots. She LOVES her hostas and they are beautiful; however, it is a constant fight with the deer and since we have a deer HERD in the area at the new place (I’ve seen them on our property, not just in the surrounding fields & we’re talking 6-8), we are not planting anything that deer find tasty. We have several apple trees and I know they will attract deer to our place big time, once apples start falling off the tree(s).
I didn’t find much at Walmart, yesterday. No Pansies at all! This time of year I stop there once a week, so I’ll get them soon, I hope! They had an amazing collection of landscaping shrubs and bare-root roses, though I need neither.
I bought two Basil, two Lemon Thyme and 5 Romaine lettuce starts. It’ll have to keep me happy for the time being. ;)
Today is another trip into town - we need to sign some paperwork to send to lawyers in South Dakota so we can get our $ back from that screwed up truck sale. The Clerk of Courts in SD didn’t file our lien on time and when she sold her house to pay off her gambling debts, our lien wasn’t in the mix. Luckily, states are insured for this kind of incompetence, so the check should be to us soon.
Chick Day at Farm & Fleet if they have the ones I want, and supplies for them. And then, an hour or two in the Screws, Bolts and Nails Aisle with Beau, LOL! WHAT? You’ve saved EVERY screw, bolt and nail you’ve come across in your entire LIFETIME and you need MORE? *SMIRK*
Boys. Such weirdos. ;) (I’m bringing a book to read while I wait!)