Not only did i replant tomatoes this week, but i cleaned out some dirty dirt* and introduced over 1.5 cubic foot of purchased soil to the containers. The cat planter — with catnip and cat grass — has been completely replanted with the catnip that was thriving with the volunteer tomatoes. A long planter was cleaned out and now has a variety of parsleys and basils that may be spent — or not. We’ll see. The large oregano planter was a victim of the dirty dirt problem as well, and that’s been completely replanted with purple and yellow flowers:
* Pansy, Crystal Bowl Yellow (“Crystal Bowl series-All are clear colors without a face…. The compact plants do not sprawl in the garden.”)
* Viola, F1 Penny Violet Flare (“A series of F1 Hybrid Violas that has been bred to have more cold and heat tolerance. They provide a multitude of large rounded flowers, making a superb show in any garden position. Deep violet with white centre.”)
* yellow and purple lantanas from Kawahara Nursery’s Garden Jewel collection. I think these are Lantana montevidensis — but the yellow one? Lantana ‘Goldsonne’ (Lantana camara)? or Lantana montevidensis ‘Pot O’ Gold’?
* A yellow to purple osteospermum ecklonis from Kawahara Nursery’s Garden Jewel collection. (Cape Marguerite, Blue-and-white Daisybush; “Osteospermum blooms will close every evening, and open up again in early morning.”)
The lantana and osteospermum are perennials, so perhaps the pot will continue to be home to blossoms past this fall. I also invested in a Hippeastrum Red Lion Amaryllis.
I’ve two unplanted window boxes and some spinach and chard seeds. I’m thinking of giving those a go.
About pansies.
*a euphemism. Let’s just refer to it as a cat problem.
