I stopped at the nursery to pick up a basil plant and lime ONLY, but then I saw this fuschia. I had no business buying it since there were 100 new arrivals all waiting for me to find them a home, but who could resist this? Not me! (I’m not going to make up excuses for why 2 dew drop plants, a regal geranium and an ivy geranium also wound up in the car.)
I have been known to buy plants for strange reasons, sometimes the name alone is enough to gain entrance to the garden (Hosta ‘strip tease,’ Geum ‘Double Bloody Mary,’ hairy balls, etc.) However, this picture may be the strangest reason yet for buying plants. But who wouldn’t want to buy plants from Barry?
What I purchased is called the home garden sampler from Sunshine Farm and Gardens. There are five plants each of twenty different varieties. Now here’s the fun part, you don’t pick the varieties, Barry picks them for you. When they arrive in the mail, it’s like Christmas!! The only thing you specify is the percentage of sun lovers versus shade lovers. Here’s how they looked just after I unpacked them; looking pretty good.
If you are wondering what I got, here’s the list:
| Heuchera ‘David’ |
| Carex woodii |
| Heuchera ‘Raspberry Regal’ |
| Aconitum lycoctonum |
| Lamiastrum galeobdolon ‘Herman’s Pride’ |
| Maianthemum canadense |
| Meehania cordata |
| Iris verna |
| Galtonia candicans |
| Ruellia humilis |
| Diphylleia cymosa |
| Mertensia viginica |
| Stylophorum diphyllum |
| Hepatica acutiloba |
| Hemerocallis thunbergii |
| Dodecatheon meadia |
| Geum ‘Georgenberg’ |
| Allium senescens |
| Dentaria diphylla |
| Bergenia ciliate |
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I loved anticipating their arrival, being surprised at what came, and figuring out where they should live, but in case you want to do this yourself, there are a few drawbacks. First the package arrived on May 4th, much later than I would have liked. I tried to hold space, but I’ve been planting perennials for weeks. The second drawback is that six of the twenty varieties want moist shady conditions, and I don’t have a spot that fits that bill. (My latest thought is “I have shade, and I have sprinklers, so I can make moist shady.”) Despite these few drawbacks, this was a cool thing to do, and I recommend it. You can also just pick out exactly what you want and order it, but this is more fun.
Although everything is very small, and nothing is flowering, I have a few favorites (I’m sure they will change.) Here’s my top 3 as of today:
Heuchera 'David' with hosta 'Twist of Lime'
Hepatica acutiloba
Bergenia ciliate