Postby Harriet » Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:09 am
Working today on the creativity of alternating colors in my beds. I bought separate coral, rose and violet colors of impatiens. Some red has gotten into the rose and violet pots as smaller plants sprouting beside the main ones. The nursery was probably using a mix of seed and sometimes putting in two seeds to a pot. It's not that big a deal - just something to think about. I wouldn't have chosen red, but am thinking about just letting it be and enjoying how it all looks.
It is interesting to think that probably what the nursery is doing is just waiting to label the color until the first bloom, saving themselves the cost of buying individual packages of seed colors. It gives me hope that, if I ever have the time to grow my own again, I could save money doing that and still know what the colors were by the time I planted.
The irrigation hose is fine now, thanks to HRH and some clamps and cutting.
The last plants that I couldn't find anywhere are going to arrive Friday by delivery, about a week after ordering. I wonder why this is such a time-consuming delivery, though, because the nursery they are coming from is very close. But this is the only way they do it, so I'm being patient, and if it works out, I'll remember that it is one idea that might help other times. Delivery didn't cost anything.