Spring 2010 Flower Orders

[mythosidhe]

So, January! You all know what that means, right? Time for the flood of Spring flower & seed catalogues to start rushing in! I have yet to finalize my main seed order, but the plants are all settled. Going into my third year of rooftop gardening I finally have a handle on what works and what doesn't in my space, so this season I had a much

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[cauldroness]

I do love a classic white rose! The Paradise one also looks beautiful. Good luck with the rose gardening this spring!

[brontewhore]

Ooo, thanks for turning me onto the baby lilac! I adore miniatures, and I adore lilacs!

I too have yet to finalize what I'll be doing this spring. It's hard to visualize when my deck is sitting under two feet of snow.

Have you seen any fuschia in your perusing? I love them but hastily planted what I had and now I think the one little surviving sprout will soon die.

[mythosidhe]

The Baby Lilac isn't a true lilac; I'm pretty sure the only reason it received that name is that it's tiny purple flowers vaguely resemble those of the real thing; however, the actual lilac I planted shriveled up and died with no provocation, while after looking like a dead stick until late April or so this thing took off like a little monster! It grew like crazy and flowered repeatedly through the fall. Also, the baby lilac in no way affected my allergies, so as far as I'm concerned win all around!

Funny you should mention fuchsia--just this afternoon (a few hours after I posted this entry, naturally) I got a catalog in the mail from Burgess Seed & Plant Co. featuring four varieties (one of which is supposed to be cold hardy) for $3.99 each! With shipping you can get one of each for just over $25. One more little order can't hurt, right...? The search option on the site is kind of crazy, so here's the direct links for you:

Double Lavender Fuchsia
Double Pink Fuchsia
Double Purple Fuchsia
Hardy Red FuchsiaAlthough it appears

[mythosidhe]

On the other hand, I have seen shrub fuchsia made into bonsai, so it may be possible to train the hardy one to stay small...

Squee!

[brontewhore]

Oh, please to take my credit card away from me now.

*three year old happy dance*

Now for the decisions, decisions. I have trained an impatiens that wanted to grow up to be much bigger, so I'm inspired. It was a lot like pruning a bonsai. Only more colourful.

Have you ever ordered from Burgess? That one hasn't found me, although Jung Seed just did, so perhaps they aren't far behind...