Choice Morsels

I have two Garden pics today: my white & pink Pampas Grass just blooming!  August is they're bloom season! Also, the set of 5 fancy hybrid Daylilies I ordered in June from Springhill Nursery came in the mail yesterday, so I've spent time both yesterday & today planting the fresh roots. It was a special offer buy now, pay after delivery; 5 different daylilies for $30, which is good since usually buying a single hybrid daylily thru Spring

Today I planted all the Lantana & Dusty Miller I've had rooting in small pots in a tray for several weeks and also separated my Romaine lettuce seedlings, so they're not crowded & the whole root is well buried.  It will be warm enough yet for all the Lantana to get established for it gets really cold and Dusty Miller winters over. I wanted Dusty Miller in between the mums I planted under my kitchen bay window, along the sidewalk. The two look good together during winter. I'll have to take a photo of the Coral Bell. It seems to have settled in okay. If it does well through next year, I may get more next fall. (Coral Bells are planted in shady areas for their foliage colors.) Today's Garden Pic is a late blooming Rubeckia, commonly called a Black-Eyed Susan.  This one is in my front container garden. It has just bloomed this week! Containers need a tall background plant and I got tired of the various grasses I tried dying every year, so I stuck a Rube...