Thank you Indian Hills Garden Club

If you garden in the Upper Midwest it's likely you recognize this scene. It's the first row of parking spaces at the Flower Factory in Stoughton. I drove out not long ago on a Sunday morning and was only the second car on the scene. The gardens were looking gorgeous and there were lots of plants still available and a number of them were also on sale.

The members of the Indian Hills Garden Club visited my garden last month and were kind enough to send me a Flower Factory gift certificate as a thank you! I'd been compiling a list of plants I was interested in as the summer went by and this was the impetus to get me out of town. 

A couple of years ago I bought a bunch of Hakonechloa macra plants to put in the former moss garden but added them to the new driveway border instead. So I needed more of those to put in the original location. Then I saw this 'Miller's Crimson' Primula and had to have it as it is a different red than my other candelabra Primroses. Two 'Norton's Gold' oreganos went into the driveway border at the foot of the big rocks where I need some color.  

I was able to find the Hostas I'd admired in Nancy Mead's garden earlier this summer (which I wrote about on Tuesday) and scored a couple more plants with reddish foliage for the very back garden, along with a Geranium sanguineum 'Elke'. I've been growing these Geraniums for years but 'Elke' is a newer variety that has flowers that are bigger and are a bright neon pink with a white center kind of like those Phlox in the first image above.

After struggling for a long time trying to find the conditions that Astilbe like, I finally hit the jackpot and all my Astilbes are doing so well I could just about divide them annually. But I wanted one with more color for more of an impact. This one below is 'Delft Lace' which should be a wow with all my orange lilies next summer. And I bought Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me.' I like the smaller scale daylilies and I wanted a reddish one that could be planted near lavender flowers. This one should fit the bill.

A wonderful haul from the Flower Factory after a great visit with the members of Indian Hills Garden Club. Thank you!

Comments

[Rae Kaiser]

You paint with plants.

[Linda Brazill]

Thanks, Rae. The "paints" are good but the painter still has to get them into the ground.

[Loree / danger garden]

Wow! That's quite the haul. Megan of Far Out Flora mentioned the Flower Factory when she was home (from SF) visiting in Madison. Sounds like a fun place.

[Peter/Outlaw]

Nice haul and a generous garden club! Hope you have fun planting all of these beauties.

[Linda Brazill]

I had hoped to meet Megan when she was home in Madison as her late mother and I were friends back in the 70s and early 80s. We were members of a feminist quilt group. Any group of women gathered to work and talk became feminist by default back then! Lest you be surprised I was in a quilt group, my quilt was made of hot pink plastic bags (newspaper delivery bags) filled with memorabilia and stitched together.

[Lisa at Greenbow]

Yes, you need to invite that garden club back. ;) I really like that reddish foliage. What am I saying, I like it all... Nice haul.

[Linda Brazill]

I put the plants in the shade while I slowly get them in the ground. The red Euphorbia turned green without the sun!

[Barbara H.]

I'm late and catching up, but just as everyone else has said, "What a great haul!" Have fun planting.

[Frank]

That euphorbia is so bright, I hope you can find enough sun to keep it that way, and that golden oregano! Right up my alley ;)
You really put together a nice box or two and I'm impressed you already have locations in mind for several.