Despite repeatedly saying I’m not buying more plants….

I’ve totally bought several more plants. Clockwise from top left

Double Scoop Coneflower: I actually bought two of these, but it’s Dave’s fault. 1) These are SUPER expensive through my plant catalogues. Basically two of them at Home Depot were the same price as one from the Catalogue. 2) I asked Dave which colour he liked better (there was red or dark pink) and he couldn’t decide – so I got both. Of course, when I got home, they seemed to be much closer in colour than they were under the canopy at Home Depot. The one pictured is Strawberry – and it’s only slightly more red than the other (not pictured) which is Watermelon. I put one out back and one out front, so no one will realize how close they actually are.

Pink Clematis: I feel no guilt for this – my pink Clematis didn’t make it this year, so this is just a replacement. I didn’t put it back on the catio fence though (there’s a rose bush there now) – it’s on the new arbour. I have some perennial sweet peas there, but only one side is growing well. So I put the clematis on the other side, and they can share.

Purple Veronica (aka Speedwell): Also a replacement. I lost both my pink and purple Veronica’s this year. Both were in the catio, and I think Lemmy was just too hard on them (he’s currently working on destroying a coneflower and a black-eyed susan). This one is much more robust than mine ever was, but it won’t be going back in the catio. I also got a pink one too – just no picture.

Peach Agastache: Agastache is a plant I’ve wanted for a while, but never see it at the nurseries. Lowe’s had it but they wanted too much for them (they only had it in big pots – I prefer to buy smaller and cheaper). But… eventually it came on sale, so I snapped it up. Not only do I love the colour, it has a lovely licorice smell when you brush the leaves.

Also not pictured is a new rose. Well actually and old rose – one of my first. Walmart is also clearing out their garden centres and all their roses already cheap ($15) were on sale for $10. Most were not in great shape, and I’m not great at bringing roses back to life so I passed on most, but I found one Tournament of Roses (ToR) that was pretty healthy.

Long-time readers will recall my ToR that bloomed beautifully for several years at the the townhouse.

Not my pic, but it’s a beautiful peach pink rose that just blooms and blooms! Now I just have to find a spot for her!

And this last one is for Vera

This is not a new addition, but a Dahlia I bought at the start of the season. In fact, I bought four dahlias… one died off completely and this one is doing the best of what’s left! I love Dahlia’s but they just don’t love me! Guess my green thumb doesn’t work on everything!