Some people adopt animals in need. I adopt plants and nurse
them back to health. Lowe’s has a section of carts in the back of the garden
center full of plants that weren’t watered, have gotten beaten up and are otherwise
not saleable. The best part is that are for sale at a DEEP discount. Being a
frugal gardener, I am all over those carts! All they need is a little bit of
extra attention.
Here are a couple of finds from last week. I had two days of
jury duty and I needed something to lift my spirits and clear my energy so I
stopped at the garden center on the way home.
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| Coreopsis |
Coreopsis, also known as tickseed, is one of my favorites because it grows so well in
my yard and the yellow flowers are so vibrant. Two years ago I had a big
beautiful plant that was killed by some people doing work at the house-clearly I am still seething about that incident-so now I
have a replacement. Just cut off the deadstuff, give it a little more TLC and
in a couple of weeks I will have a happy perennial that I bought for $2.00.
Geum is new to me but I love the orange flowers. Another perennial, that will keep coming
back year after year, for $3.00.
Bring your smart phone, it comes in handy to identify the plants and to get some basic information like what conditions the plant needs, how big it will get and what it looks like.
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