Fall is sticky pot season

[Cheryl Isaak]

In the last few days, I've been finding some great sticky pots

Green Envy cone flower Toad lily A pale blue Siberian iris A "ragged leaf" veronica

Cheryl

[mleblanca]

Oh Cheryl I know what you mean. I went yesterday to buy a couple of plants for the raffle at the first Fall Garden Club meeting. And here is what I found sticking to me.

Begonia sutherlandii Fuchsia Gartenmeister a six pack of Snapdragons Sidalcea Party Girl

4 Mums of assorted colors! Oh and for the raffle: a begonia and a white mum.

What fun!!! Emilie NorCal nights: 50s, days mid 80s

[Cheryl Isaak]

I suspect more pots will stick to me today as I go out with a gardening friend (and stitching friend too). I've had Party Girl a few times, doesn't like my yard much.

C

[Cheryl Isaak]

And as a side note - no pots came home yesterday, but I suspect more will shortly. I didn't think to record the names, but a "fleece flower" in ruby red and an interesting "sunflower" with dark yellow flowers and a red stems/leaves really caught my eye. Hopefully, they'll be there on Monday. (it's the weekend and that means hockey, hockey, hockey all the time!)

C

[mleblanca]

Yes I know. She doesn't stick around here for long either. She gets partied out, and off she goes. But I do like those little pink "hollyhock" flowers. The snaps are the same pink, and a deeper rose pink, and yellow. I will add some pansies/violas tomorrow. (but will I come out with only those, or will more sticky pots follow? Who knows!)

Fleece flower? Is that Persicaria? red ones sound pretty. They can get to be a little invasive here. Sunflowers are always great. Hope they are waiting there on Monday for you. Have fun with Hockey

Emilie we may get a little rain this weekend (??)

[Cheryl Isaak]

Well, I don't really know what the fleece flower is, other than 4 feet tall and a great color, but I'll look closely before it comes up. I don't want another situation like I have now - garlic chives - which add a lovely white flower this time of year and hundreds of millions of seedling. in the spring. Runner invasions are more easily handled and can have wonderful side benefits. A few years back, a friend gave me this wonderful purple leaved "mad running plant" (his name). Loved the foliage, so I put it on the hill of the septic system and let it go wild. Mass of great foliage, great yellow spring blooms and no work to keep it contained. It doesn't like being mowed, so it doesn't stay in the "lawn" when it creeps that way.

The "sunflower" is coming home no matter what. Also very tall, and it would like hill worst comes to worst!

Cheryl