Since fall is basically here... (plant talk)

[nursecramer]

I can't even think about fall plants yet. My friend just gave me a bunch of hostas and some other plant (clusters of tiny scented purple flowers on 4-5ft stalks) that she was thinning from her beds. I had been wanting to dig up the grass around our two pear trees, so this gave me an excuse to do that and make a bed kind of in the area between them. I got most of the grass up today, did the transplanting, but still have to lay edging, put down mulch, and transplant a couple of things from some of my nearby beds. GAH!!! I just wanted a break between the summer and fall terms, but then I got sucked into a major landscaping project.

[treedimensional]

Oh hell. I don't plant annuals in fall. I'm kind of eager to rip out the spring annuals and be done with the maintenance. I just topdress my perennials/beds with mulch if they need it.

[treedimensional]

Aug 11, 2016 19:19:40 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

I can't even think about fall plants yet. My friend just gave me a bunch of hostas and some other plant (clusters of tiny scented purple flowers on 4-5ft stalks) that she was thinning from her beds. I had been wanting to dig up the grass around our two pear trees, so this gave me an excuse to do that and make a bed kind of in the area between them. I got most of the grass up today, did the transplanting, but still have to lay edging, put down mulch, and transplant a couple of things from some of my nearby beds. GAH!!! I just wanted a break between the summer and fall terms, but then I got sucked into a major landscaping project.

Your friend can't tell you what these giant plants are either?

[nursecramer]

Aug 14, 2016 10:08:51 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

Aug 11, 2016 19:19:40 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

I can't even think about fall plants yet. My friend just gave me a bunch of hostas and some other plant (clusters of tiny scented purple flowers on 4-5ft stalks) that she was thinning from her beds. I had been wanting to dig up the grass around our two pear trees, so this gave me an excuse to do that and make a bed kind of in the area between them. I got most of the grass up today, did the transplanting, but still have to lay edging, put down mulch, and transplant a couple of things from some of my nearby beds. GAH!!! I just wanted a break between the summer and fall terms, but then I got sucked into a major landscaping project.

Your friend can't tell you what these giant plants are either?

Nope, she is an apathetic gardener and inherited them from the previous owner of her house. 

My MIL is here today and she says they're a type of phlox.