I spent Wednesday on a Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society day-long bus trip to nurseries, along with a visit to Anderson Japanese Garden. I spent yesterday in the garden: planting my new purchases, dividing plants that have outgrown their space and just plain having fun. I tried to get as much done as possible since rain is forecast for today and much of next week.
Here's a shot of part of my loot. These are from Hornbaker Gardens in Princeton, Illinois. Great plant selection with large perennials nicely priced. They have beautiful display gardens but the retail area was the most well-laid out design I've seen. Plants were grouped by sun or shade, then by size, with everything lined up alphabetically. It was a very smooth operation, plus they gave us these plastic crates for our purchases and labeled them with our last names. The crates were easy to arrange in the storage area under the bus; equally easy to hand them out when we got back home.
Alas there was no room under the bus to bring home another shrub or tree because the selection K & W Greenery, a nursery in Janesville, Wisconsin, was a treat. Luckily this nursery is an easy drive from Madison, so I will be making a return trip — with Mark and his pickup truck. My big purchase at K & W was three Digitalis 'Dalmation Peach,' a variety I've been searching for. Here is one of them in place in the garden.
Hope you all have a pleasant and safe Memorial Day.
