New plants this spring!
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  • Subject: New plants this spring!
  • From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 16:53:08 -0500 (CDT)
How's everybody doing this spring?

I wasn't planning to buy any plants this year, but there were some 
great deals that just couldn't be passed up.  Here's what I've snagged
this year:

   1 Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   2 Allium 'Medusa' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   2 Astilbe japonica 'Deutschland' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   3 Astilbe japonica 'Peach Blossom' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Buddleia 'Queen of Hearts' ($3.50, U of I plant sale)
   2 Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo Yo' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   1 Cimicifuga 'Chocoholic' PP24821 ($3.00, U of I plant sale) 
   1 Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' ($3.00, U of I plant sale)
   1 Dianthus 'Fuchsia' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   1 Dicentra 'King of Hearts' ($3.00, U of I plant sale)
   1 Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Digitalis grandiflora 'Temple Bells' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Filipendula hexapetala ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   3 Fragaria ananassa 'Ruby Ann' (2.00, U of I plant sale)
   1 Fragaria 'Lipstick' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware) 
   1 Galium odoratum ($2.45, do-it-best Hardware)
   1 Geranium sanguineum ($2.45, do-it-best Hardware)
   1 Geum quellyon 'Blazing Sunset' ($2.50, U of I plant sale) 
   1 Gypsophila repens 'Filou Rose' ($2.45, do-it-best Hardware)
   1 Gypsophila repens 'Filou White' ($2.45, do-it-best Hardware)
   1 Hemerocallis 'Big Time Happy' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   2 Hemerocallis 'Elegant Explosion' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   1 Hosta 'Captain Kirk' (Meijer, $4.49)
   1 Hosta 'Crowned Imperial' (Meijer, $4.49)
   2 Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet' (Meijer, $6.99)
   1 Hosta 'Pilgrim' (Meijer, $6.99) 
   1 Iberis sempervirens 'Snowflake' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Iris pallida 'Albo-variegata' ($4.00, U of I plant sale)
   1 Iris 'Ruffled Velvet' ($3.50, U of I plant sale)
   2 Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black' ($2.49, Meijer)
   1 Liatris spicata 'Kobold' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   2 Ligularia 'Bottle Rocket' ($2.00, U of I plant sale) 
   1 Lobelia cardinalis ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   2 Papaver nudicaule 'Champagne Bubbles Pink' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Papaver nudicaule 'Champagne Bubbles Yellow' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Phlox 'Glamour Girl' ($3.00, U of I plant sale) 
   1 Phlox subulata 'Coral Eye' ($3.00, U of I plant sale)
   1 Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   2 Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Little Goldstar' ($2.50, U of I_
   2 Sagina subulata 'Aurea' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sedum 'Carl' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   1 Sedum 'Frosted Fire' ($2.50, U of I plant sale)
   1 Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sempervivum 'Kalinda' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sempervivum 'Killer' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sempervivum tectorum 'Sunset' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   1 Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne' ($2.45, Do-it-Best Hardware)
   3 Tiarella 'Spring Symphony' ($3.50, U of I plant sale) 

I think this will pretty much finishes the back yard except for things
on my wishlist.  The Do-it-Best plants are in quarts, and the U of I
Plant Sale stuff is in gallon pots.

What cool perennials have you found for your gardens? 

Chris

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