[Qiviut]

I found sage, French thyme, lovage & lemon verbena today - the last two aren't always easy to find. My lavender is taking off & growing like crazy, even in its little pot. Here's the gang, sitting on the potting bench in front of the garage window ... raised bed visible outside.

We bought 4 "Little Missy" boxwoods today for the front of the house. I looked them up before we bought them - great description:

When you want one of the best boxwoods, be smart! Buxus ‘Little Missy’ is one of the most popular and beautiful boxwoods. Small leaves, a rounded, dense habit, and glossy, dark green foliage make it unique. It consistently ranked high in resistance to Boxwood Blight in a 2020 USDA analysis, making it a smart choice in any landscape to create structure and style!

A couple walking nearby heard me talking to mom about them - they piped up & said they had the Little Missy boxwoods & loved them, gave us some feedback from their actual experience, so we feel good about our purchase. Now I just have to plant them .... my back hurts just looking at them. I figure one a day or every other day will be the best I can do - they have to be planted & mulched by May 2nd when mom has 2 carloads of friends coming to visit (7-9 ladies). I get to do all the cooking for that event, too. :-)

In the meanwhile, I have 5 raised beds to fill ....

[FamiliarFace]

A few years ago I got my hands on some lemon verbena. It smelled heavenly! That year it was so prolific that I harvested some to make lemon verbena liqueur, which was so nice. Sometimes I’d add it to unsweetened decaf iced tea for an evening beverage. (I can’t have caffeine in the afternoon or evening or I’ll be up all night). The nursery where I got it from doesn’t always have it, but I always keep my eye out for it!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

A thing of BEAUTY!

Little Missy is a great Boxwood for your zone. You’ll be happy with them. Yes, take your time!

I still don’t have my Nanking Bush Cherries in the ground - Beau has a rotator cuff injury in his right shoulder, so I might have to actually dig holes...myself, LOL! (Oh, the Humanity!)

Lemon Verbena is a favorite of mine. Right up there with Tarragon and chickens on my scale of, ‘relative usefulness.’ ;)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Qiviut! Very nice picture! Clean, fresh, uncluttered, the blue works well.... I could see it in a "Homes and Garden" Magazine!