Spring Hill Nursery

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today I ordered plants from Spring Hill Nursery.

1 ABIQUA DRINKING GOURD HOSTA 
1 MOUNTAIN MINT 
1 VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS 
1 BLUE MOUSE EARS HOSTA 
1 FLAT WONDERFUL TM PEACH
1 MIDWINTER FIRE DOGWOOD 
1 NATIVE MILKWEED SELECTIONS 
1 NATIVE YELLOW BELLFLOWER 
2 PURPLE PRAIRIE TRILLIUM 
1 FILIGREE HOSTA 

Comments

[cmcmck]

You have to love some of the names!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Flat Wonderful peaches actually do have flattened fruit. It's one of several varieties -- also known as peento, Saturn, or donut peaches -- where the flesh is a toroid around a seed that is just covered by skin on top and bottom. They're quite good. Normally the trees are pricey, so when I saw this one on sale, I grabbed it to see if it'll grow here.

Midwinter Fire is a bush dogwood with bright orange stems. I confess that the name snagged my attention; I'll probably plant it near the Midwinter grove. The description says its fruit attracts birds, so that was another reason for buying it. Bush dogwoods are good for stem density; lots of wildlife likes that.

[zeeth_kyrah]

The different names for hostas! "Blue mouse ears"! :)

[pronker]

I hope the milkweed brings lots of caterpillars and monarchs - they've left off visiting my backyard for some years now, and it used to be interesting to watching them flutter into the yard from the northeast to make their way to the southwest, every time.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I hope the milkweed brings lots of caterpillars and monarchs <<

I hope so too.

The flower mix that I bought has 4 species. I have some common milkweed already, and just discovered this winter that I had the vining kind because I recognized the pods.

>> they've left off visiting my backyard for some years now, and it used to be interesting to watching them flutter into the yard from the northeast to make their way to the southwest, every time.<<

We still have some, though nearly as many as we used to. They like this as a rest stop. My yard is a Pepsi and a piss in the sand for many species! :D I haven't noticed directional flight though. Usually I see monarchs fluttering at random or flocked on trees.