Bee garden planting 2011

[randy_byers]

New plants today:

Salvia nemorosa ('May Night' Meadow Sage)
Lavandula angustifolia ('Violet Intrigue' English Lavender)
Echinacea purpurea ('Ruby Star' Purple Coneflower)
Eryngium something ('something' Sea Holly)

It was a nice day today, and I also trimmed a couple of box hebes, pruned the California lilac (ceanothus), pulled weeds, and generally did enough to make my shoulder muscles sore. It's been a chilly spring, so things are getting off to a late start. The nursery had a Spanish lavender that I also coveted, and I think I know where it could go now. Bees like lavender, oh yes they do.

Comments

[alces2.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nice day. I planted a couple of blueberry bushes and did some weeding too.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I tried growing blueberries a few years ago, and I never had any luck with them. My brother, on the other hand, grows great blueberries.