Long LInes, Long List

The lines were long and my cart was full, but I finished 

shopping for the list of plants I had created earlier this spring.

I always have good luck at Country Flower Farms in Middlefield.

I was able to find the perennials I wanted to add or replace in the garden.  I replaced a Liatris that did not appear last year.  It was white and I found a purple one to replace it.  I also found a compact Rudbeckia "Little Goldstar". I'm hoping it makes it in the empty space in the garden where nothing will grow.  I'm not sure if it's the soil, some construction debris--or the rabbits!

Good luck, little coneflower!

I'll do what I can to nurture you.

Near the garden bench and one of the lavender planters,

I planted a Thrift or Seapink (Armeria maritima 'Bloodstone' to be specific...)

I am still trying to learn the Latin names of these plants!

It is deer-resistant--but what about the rabbits?

Both of these perennials are locally grown at Sunny Borders in Kensington.

The other perennials were for Sara's new butterfly garden:  a hollyhock,

a False Indigo plant, a globe Allium and summer stock.

More on this garden later!