wedding update
- Subject: wedding update
- From: N* L*
- Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:00:48 -0500
Well folks, here I am, less than 2 weeks and counting...
I can report that Murphy's Law is still in effect here. (I will be writing
a letter to Park Seed--after the wedding--to express some displeasure). I
planted a lot of annuals in the beds and in pots, to fill in around the
perennials, and in the spot reserved for a water garden. I had really poor
germination on several things. Zinnias, of course, grew well. I ordered
seeds for coral and ivory, to coordinate with the wedding colors. They have
bloomed now, and guess what!?!? They're all red! If the coral calla lilies
bloom, it will be hideous!
Then, there's the cat. We are having a running argument about whether that
nice fluffy compost I painstakingly carted down the hill is for a flower bed
or a litter box. I think I'm winning, but I'm not sure. He hasn't dug in
it for a week or so. I built him a sandbox out behind our shed (which he
has yet to use). And the flower bed is...interesting. I have plant stakes
here and there through the bed. And a cute little network of fishing line
strung between them (clotheslines for the aphids). Then, here and there are
lovely little black seed flats )the kind with the open grid bottom) turned
upside down where there is some bare earth exposed. And the whole thing is
faintly aromatic of cat/dog repellent granules. Heck, if I'd known the
damned zinnias were going to be RED, I wouldn't have replanted them every
time he dug them up!! Maybe he was trying to help.
I do have some successes, however. The poppy seeds I tossed out last winter
have grown and are blooming, and some of them are the perfect shade of coral
for her bouquet. The gerbera in containers are looking nice, and I have a
yellow calla just starting to bloom.
I picked up another plant yesterday that was the coral I wanted...anyone
familiar with ixora? Will it be hardy for me? It really is a pretty color!
Well, just thought I'd check in. Thanks to everyone for your help; it's
been an experience. (And it's been great to have an excuse to work in the
yard every weekend!)
Wish me luck; countdown continues...
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
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