Wolf's Den

Went to the Farmer's Market today. The Iris Lady was there again.

I picked up FIVE new Irises. FIVE!!!!(Hey at $4 each, when online/in catalogs, they go for $10-20.00, that's a steal and they're local grown). Schreiner's was the only place I found excellant photos of most of them-

Apollodorus

Avalon Sunset

Fall Fiesta

Supreme Sultan

And Kentucky Derby.. that I haven't found a photo of yet, but it's a rich coral-peach color, with apricot tones.

Now I need a 'black' Iris, and a red toned one, and I'll have at least one of every shade.

This is what Immortality will look like next year, when it blooms.

We then went to Riverside Nursery, with the Bro in law and sis in law.

There I picked up a Black & Blue Salvia, a False Indigo, 2 Nasturiums, and a 4pk of Black Beauty Bell Peppers.

Came home, did some gardening. Potted/planted new plants, repotted the Japanese Red Maple, added dirt, about 2 inches worth to the potted Witch Hazel, planted the Curly Willow Tree, as it wasn't happy in a pot anymore, brought that thing from North Carolina as a tiny seedling started from a cutting. It's now nearly 4 ft tall.

Because the front bed decided to try to eat my mechanical pencil, I ended up tearing out more variegated vinca, ponytail plant(nasty thing, I HATE that plant) and ivy searching for it.

I'm getting to the point where I need to map out where each Iris is, and it's name, otherwise, I won't remember it in a year or so.

I also perused Schreiner's and found others I want eventually. After I build the extension for the 'L' shaped brick bed, transplant the Siberians, and build a the Daylilies a raised brick planter on the otherside of the driveway. And dig out my pond.}:P

Want List-

Black Star
Bewilderbeast
Batik (The Iris Lady has this occassionally, so I might be able to get one from her, locally, this year.)
Count Dracula
Hello Darkness
Men In Black
Night Game
Obsidian
Paint It Black
Pagan Dance
Partial Eclipse
Secret Service
Swazi Princess
Aggressively Forward
Anvil Of Darkness
Backwater Blues
Before The Storm
Black Dragon
Broken Dreams
Dakota Smoke
Dragon's Fancy
Dynamite
Earthborn
Fort Apache
Footloose
Fortunate Son
Gnus Flash
Luxor Gold
Medici Prince
Michigan Pride
Play With Fire
Red Hawk
Rogue
Silverado
Spartan
Vigilante
War Sails
VooDoo Child


Mind you, I certainly don't have the space for all these WANTS, but, someday I will.}:P And I may get a few of them between this year and next, as I keep working on my gardens.

As an aside- my Detroit Red Wings won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, against Pittsburgh Penguins. 4-0, the game was a SHUTOUT. Take that, Morlith! }:P