Today: Frances Joiner, Cameroons (first), Alpine Mist, Chorus Line, Cool Jazz, Pewter Lake, Shark’s Tooth, Chinese Scholar, Betty Warren Woods, Victoria Elizabeth Barnes (1st), Water Bird (first), Charming Ethel Smith, Chasing Shadows, Prairie Blossoms, Two to Tango, Transcendent Artistry, and Lohengrin. Hall’s Pink, Decatur Apricot, Grape Arbor.

Clem Odoriba is blooming well. Two to Tango is not a good color for there, though, and neither is Lohengrin.

I transplanted a young hellebore to the space just beyond Odoriba and Transcendent Artistry, half or all under the red twig dogwood. There was blue flax near there last year but it didn’t seem to grow this year. Clem. Red Cardinal is in that area but has had no flowers yet. I hope the red twig doesn’t make it too shady for him.

Yesterday: Spanish Sketch, Grape Arbor, Chasing Shadows, Brave World, Helix, YDD, Betty, Tango, Fashion Bug (first), Hall’s Pink, Little Maggie, Pewter Lake, Shark’s Tooth, Autumn Awakening, Daveo, Persian, CBP, RR, Charming Ethel Smith.

I managed to break off the long pieces of the eucalyptus — they were so dead they snapped. Unfortunately I didn’t get the root dug out and the darn thing has new growth.

My fellow came in looking pleased, said he had been looking at our garden, and we shouldn’t change a thing. I just snickered to myself, because it looks different every year no matter what I do or don’t do. And I haven’t been able to go a full year without buying a plant since I was old enough to buy a plant myself.