Thursday--A plant ramble
Oct. 28th, 2004 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithThe dwarf crabapple was planted yesterday, as were the hybrid lilacs and the hydrangea. I love the crabapple, which is about 5 or so feet tall and has a droopy willowy aspect that should look even better in the Spring with pink blossoms attached. The lilacs look nice and strong; the hydrangea is a shade closer to the sidewalk than I'd like, but I'll keep it trimmed.
Then there's the Prairiefire, which I didn't order. Well, not really--I ordered it in case the Louisa crabapple wasn't available. But the nursery guy misunderstood the landscaper and gave him both. The landscaper phoned me and told me about the mixup. I said that since the Louisa had arrived, I couldn't think of a place for the Prairiefire, and he should take it back. Then I thought about it some more. The Prairiefire is a crabapple bush that puts forth magenta flowers--it was a tight race between it and the Louisa, but droopy aspect won out over magenta and that was all she wrote. Except that now magenta had shown up anyway, and there I am on a tree and shrub tear.
So landscaper and I played phone tag yesterday trying to figure out a place to fit the Prairiefire. The spot I felt would work didn't get enough sun, and the place he thought would work isn't a good place for a 5-foot tall shrub. Luckily, I caught him in time to tell him that, because he had already told his men to plant the PF and by the time I phoned to say "nyet", the hole had already been dug. So there I was at the end of the day, with a five-foot shrub with a burlap-wrapped root ball, and a hole.
The Louisa is in the backyard near my little middle-of-the-yard arrangement consisting of a hydrangea, some astilbes, a spirea, a birdbath, and lots of mulch and rocks. It forms a nice duo with a nearby sand cherry--they're both the same approximate size, and different enough in appearance that they avoid that matched set look. The spirea and astilbes are nice, but the hydrangea stopped blooming a couple of years ago and I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do about it.
So for now, we're going to move the hydrangea to the front yard, into the hole dug for the PF. The PF will replace the hydrangea in the birdbath slot, where
it will form a nice trio with the Louisa and the sand cherry.
In other news, tech writing class is Done! Now I can get back to J5, which has been simmering for too long. Still hoping to use NaNoWriMo as a jumpstart.
Ordered holiday cards from the Art Institute.
In the Marketing is Stranger Than Fiction category...the original title of CODE OF CONDUCT was GLASS GREEN. I always liked the phrase--it referred to Jani's eyes, and is based on a passage in CALL FOR THE DEAD, one of the first George Smiley novels. No one else liked it, however, so it went to that great title graveyard in the sky.
So imagine my surprise as I look through one of my favorite clothing catalogs and find that one of the Colors of Season is a darkish greyed green called Glass Green. Had to order a shirt in that shade, of course. The one I wanted was backordered, so we made do with a velvet tunic. The whole thing has a...roundedness to it that just pleases me.
Then there's the Prairiefire, which I didn't order. Well, not really--I ordered it in case the Louisa crabapple wasn't available. But the nursery guy misunderstood the landscaper and gave him both. The landscaper phoned me and told me about the mixup. I said that since the Louisa had arrived, I couldn't think of a place for the Prairiefire, and he should take it back. Then I thought about it some more. The Prairiefire is a crabapple bush that puts forth magenta flowers--it was a tight race between it and the Louisa, but droopy aspect won out over magenta and that was all she wrote. Except that now magenta had shown up anyway, and there I am on a tree and shrub tear.
So landscaper and I played phone tag yesterday trying to figure out a place to fit the Prairiefire. The spot I felt would work didn't get enough sun, and the place he thought would work isn't a good place for a 5-foot tall shrub. Luckily, I caught him in time to tell him that, because he had already told his men to plant the PF and by the time I phoned to say "nyet", the hole had already been dug. So there I was at the end of the day, with a five-foot shrub with a burlap-wrapped root ball, and a hole.
The Louisa is in the backyard near my little middle-of-the-yard arrangement consisting of a hydrangea, some astilbes, a spirea, a birdbath, and lots of mulch and rocks. It forms a nice duo with a nearby sand cherry--they're both the same approximate size, and different enough in appearance that they avoid that matched set look. The spirea and astilbes are nice, but the hydrangea stopped blooming a couple of years ago and I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do about it.
So for now, we're going to move the hydrangea to the front yard, into the hole dug for the PF. The PF will replace the hydrangea in the birdbath slot, where
it will form a nice trio with the Louisa and the sand cherry.
In other news, tech writing class is Done! Now I can get back to J5, which has been simmering for too long. Still hoping to use NaNoWriMo as a jumpstart.
Ordered holiday cards from the Art Institute.
In the Marketing is Stranger Than Fiction category...the original title of CODE OF CONDUCT was GLASS GREEN. I always liked the phrase--it referred to Jani's eyes, and is based on a passage in CALL FOR THE DEAD, one of the first George Smiley novels. No one else liked it, however, so it went to that great title graveyard in the sky.
So imagine my surprise as I look through one of my favorite clothing catalogs and find that one of the Colors of Season is a darkish greyed green called Glass Green. Had to order a shirt in that shade, of course. The one I wanted was backordered, so we made do with a velvet tunic. The whole thing has a...roundedness to it that just pleases me.
