weekend update

“The late, great horticulturist, J.C. Raulston once said, ‘You’re not stretching yourself as a gardener if you’re not killing plants.’ See what good gardeners we are?”
— Ketzel Levine, Plant Talk, NPR, 2003

Saturday I put new geraniums and columbines in the front bed, to replace the ones that croaked this year. Ripped out the gray sagewort to make room.

From Geraniaceae Nursery:
- 2 @ Geranium procurrens × Geranium psilostemon ‘Ann Folkard’
- 2 @ Geranium richardsonii

From Digging Dog Nursery:
- 1 @ Geranium ‘Dilys’
- 2 @ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Leprechaun Gold’
- 2 @ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Ruby Port’

After ripping out the sage:



After amending the soil with mushroom compost and YumYum Mix and planting:



After re-mulching with leaf litter: