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sexy_romulanAs advertised, Galetta Nurseries is the bomb!
I am now the proud owner of a Prairie Joy rose and a Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle. Because I couldn't resist, despite the fact that this pretty much blows my spending budget for the week. They told me I could keep them in pots quite comfortably for a couple months, provided I keep them well-watered.
They further advised me that I should dig up my plants now, while it's still early and cool, and keep them in pots until we move...as opposed to trying to uproot them in the middle of summer, which they will not like at all. So it looks like I've got my work cut out for me the next couple weeks...which I have to say is some LOUSY TIMING, what with Art in the Park approaching, but bleh...I will manage somehow.
I wasn't sure how well this would work, since I am notoriously forgetful about watering plants, especially outside. BUT Lee Valley, awesomely, sells a bigass 3' x 6' watering mat for $20 - you stick one end in a bucket of water, put your potted plants on top of it, and it sucks the water up via capillary action and keeps the plants moist. And this baby, unlike a plastic saucer type reservoir, will not drown the plants if it gets rained on regularly.
I want to be in the garden tomorrow, not the office. Poo.
I am now the proud owner of a Prairie Joy rose and a Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle. Because I couldn't resist, despite the fact that this pretty much blows my spending budget for the week. They told me I could keep them in pots quite comfortably for a couple months, provided I keep them well-watered.
They further advised me that I should dig up my plants now, while it's still early and cool, and keep them in pots until we move...as opposed to trying to uproot them in the middle of summer, which they will not like at all. So it looks like I've got my work cut out for me the next couple weeks...which I have to say is some LOUSY TIMING, what with Art in the Park approaching, but bleh...I will manage somehow.
I wasn't sure how well this would work, since I am notoriously forgetful about watering plants, especially outside. BUT Lee Valley, awesomely, sells a bigass 3' x 6' watering mat for $20 - you stick one end in a bucket of water, put your potted plants on top of it, and it sucks the water up via capillary action and keeps the plants moist. And this baby, unlike a plastic saucer type reservoir, will not drown the plants if it gets rained on regularly.
I want to be in the garden tomorrow, not the office. Poo.
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Date: 2008-05-05 12:22 pm (UTC)I used to live out there, and yeah: Galetta forevar.
Personally, I bought a small pot of Irish moss (sagina subulata) this weekend and happen to be totally chuffed with it! However, I found it at the biggest Canadian Tire in the world, down in Kingston.
(I was on a road trip, you see.)
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Date: 2008-05-05 10:56 pm (UTC)I don't know if the idea of the biggest Canadian Tire in the world is intriguing or scary. Little bit of column A, little bit of column B...