New plants, cheap!

I'm determined not to go to crazy buying plants this year, as for the last couple of years I ended up with too many things to plant -- my driveway was a nursery for most of the year.

Since the harsh winter appears to have taken out plants throughout my garden, I certainly do need to add some new ones though, and to be honest, I couldn't resist buying at least a few plants every spring even if I had no place to put them!

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Luckily we have a local nursery that grows most, if not all, of their own plants, and each year they offer small, inexpensive pots of perennials, annuals, and herbs. I can't resist each year. Here's what I bought...

First, some perennials to fill in holes of certain beds. Some Liatris spicata:

I'll plant that in the box visible from the kitchen window, as I had Liatris here years ago and a few plants still linger -- I miss seeing more of it here!

Also, I'll add a few more purple coneflowers to the same bed:

I started adding some last year, and it seems that only two of them are returning. I'll purple this bed up yet!

A couple of Gailardia, that I'm not yet sure where to plant:

Gotta have these though!

Some red-veined sorrel which I also don't know what to do with:

It's so attractive, I'll find a spot! (Edible too!)

Purple sage and more thyme, as I know at least one of my thymes has died:

Pineapple sage:

Not only delicious to smell, but those late-season flowers will make the hummingbirds happy!

Each of these plants was only $2, but I splurged and paid $5 for this bronze sedge:

I need to grow at least one of these each year, and they're not reliably hardy in my zone. I don't know yet if mine survived the winter -- possible because it was covered with snow for much of it.

I had an impulse buy too, but at $2 I'm not ready to join a support group yet:

It's a lupine. The leaves caught my eye, although I don't know where this will go (shade it seems) or how it will do in our climate. I've spent much more than $2 before to learn how to kill a plant, so again, I'm not concerned.

Finally, another Agastache:

This one is not cold-hardy, but I find it so hard to resist this genus.

Maybe I do need a support group after all?

Any new plant purchases for you yet this year?


Note that the liatris and coneflowers went into the ground immediately, and I even went back and bought more of both to plant in my prairie beds. The rest are still unplanted and a couple are dangerously wilted after being knocked over (raccoons? wind?) and missing out on the rain we've had. If they don't quickly rebound I'll need to spend another $6 to replace them this weekend I think.

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