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01 Feb 2004
Purchased Red Hemerocallis Purchased and 6. East 2 garden
3 hemerocallis originally, ‘Hot Chocolate’(the first), ‘Ruby Stella’ and ‘Pardon Me’ in the catalogue pictures they looked different enough to be distinguishable, in the flesh I could not see any difference between the three. Makes one wonder about naming. Now ...
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Iris pallida Purchased and 9. Drive garden
Variagated leaves, pale mauve flowers. This started off in the East bed but did not thrive so it was moved to Drive north end which gets more sun. It got buried deeper than it likes but bloomed first in 2007. Seems to be happy where it is now.
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Chives Purchased and 9. Drive garden
North west on entry path.
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Woolly Thyme Purchased and 9. Drive garden
North inset.
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Sedum spurium 'Tricolour' Purchased and 8. Road garden
This was its original position but has never thrived particularly well as it is too shady.
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Anna's Coreopsis Purchased and 7. Centre garden
31 Dec 2003
Purchased Geum 'Blazing Sunset' Purchased and 6. East 2 garden
Fully double tangerine-red flowers. Full sun/ part shade. Average to moist, well drained soil. Also bought ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ at some stage, which started in the Shade garden until it got too shady. Not doing brilliantly, probably too sunny and dry until now.
31 Jul 2003
Purchased Lavender 'Hidcot' Purchased and 9. Drive garden
From Steve VanDerMeer’s originally in Porch, moved to Drive the following year. At back, north south indent.
31 Jul 2003
Purchased Arctic phlox 'Red Wing' Purchased and 7. Centre garden
VanDerMeer’s, originally planted in Porch, moved c06 as it was looking sad, probably not enough sun. NW Centre.
31 Jul 2003
Purchased PG Hydrangea Purchased and 6. East 2 garden
Purchased at their Fall sale from Dogwood, overwintered in a temporary place and then planted out in East 2 Spring 2004.