Ready to Plant at Pam's

Warm and humid today, in the low 80s.  Sun in the morning, but high overcast in the afternoon.

I have all the plants ready to take over to Pam's to plant up her patio area.

 

I dug up yellowroot and potted them in the containers sitting on the wall.  I also dug up two 'Bridal Veil' astilbes, and two bergenias.  She has hostas and heucheras that can be retained.

I bought a chamaecyparis 'Drath', a "Green Mountain' boxwod in a nice pyramid shape, and two golden Hakonechloas.  For flowers, I bought a fall anemone 'September Charm' and a clematis 'Jackmanii superba'.  The clematis is said to do well in partial shade, which will be the case on her wood fence.  It should flower profusely all summer. (I also got a bubbler urn fountain for under the deck!)

After Labor Day I'll go over to plant.

Today I pruned the katsura tree to remove the one remaining upright side stem that the deer left.  It just looked awkward.  The tree is now much smaller and will have a single stem, but it looks ok.

The turtle head is blooming, but so hard to see at the back of Meadow's Edge.  It's not tall enough, and the flowers are subtle.

 

The Lespedeza, Bush clover, is blooming.  The effect is very subtle and washed out from afar, but the tiny blooms are pretty very close up.

The deer have eaten all the blooms off the mountain hydrangea by the driveway.  Only a few remain at the bottom, and the buds are the most incredible mix of colors.