Daylily Envy and Even More Rocks

A few posts back I wrote about the new veggie garden we put in and the wall of large rocks we made to enclose it. Since putting up that wall I have been trying to decide if I wanted to place some of my container plants in the ground around the wall to soften the look. Then I read Dee’s blog and her post on being daylily crazed. Her lovely pictures gave me a case of daylily envy. The next thing you now I am thinking about how nice a daylily would look along the wall next to the yarrow and Echinacea that I was considering putting into the ground. (They had both overgrown their containers from last year and I needed to divide or do something with them quick. So, they were perfect candidates for going in along the wall.)

A few days ago I stopped by my local nursery and wouldn’t you know they had 4 inch pots of daylilies for sale. Of course I came home with one. I bought one that has a yellow flower with a dark center called black-eyed stella.

Today I decided I was going to put those three plants into the ground while my daughter took her nap. I thought it was going to be a quick process. Dig a couple holes, mix in some compost and maybe a little organic fertilizer, and then plop in the plants. Boy was I wrong. And what was I thinking too! After all didn’t all of those rocks used to make that wall come from this backyard?!

I didn’t dig a hole; I chipped a hole into the earth. The amount of rocks in my yard is amazing! I only was able to get two of the three plants planted thanks to how long it took me to dig a hole for them. The picture below shows just how many rocks I removed in order to plant those two plants. The  4 inch pot in the picture is to put in perspective the size of some of the rocks.

I was able to plant the daylily (which is in bud!) and the yarrow which is called lilac beauty. The yarrow is ready to flower any day now. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the Echinacea into the ground as well.

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