Comments on Gardening With Grace: How's the WISH LIST coming?

Celosia flowers are really beautiful and vary in c...

2010-01-19T17:51:56.548-08:00

Celosia flowers are really beautiful and vary in colors and sizes. We even have big flowers really up to the name 'cock's comb', actually much much bigger than the namesake. Maybe why it is called Celosia gigantea. They grow very well in our climate and produce lots of seeds. The disadvantage is they become weeds later on when the rain comes, because it is difficult to manage all those seedlings rising up! haha.

Grace, you are definitely "in the pink!" I'm sure...

2010-01-12T18:10:13.952-08:00

Grace, you are definitely "in the pink!" I'm sure you'll find at least ONE item you'll need before Spring's arrival... however, I have to laugh. Some of the comments left here were a hoot! Like Kate deciding to plant Okra without even knowing what it is! ;-) I have not yet made a wish list... although I have one left from last year I should review. Most of what I'm thinking about are hardscape projects that were (barely) not started, much less finished last year. But, I'm just about ready to visit some of my favorite on-line nurseries. Happy planning!

What beautiful flowers! I am envious of your garde...

2010-01-12T14:08:32.770-08:00

What beautiful flowers! I am envious of your garden..I have a mere balcony as we live in an APT. Seeing your pictures I feel "happier"...does that make sense??

Quote away Grace! :-)

2010-01-12T10:43:27.530-08:00

Quote away Grace! :-)

I feel like I've died and gone to heaven this morn...

2010-01-12T07:37:56.131-08:00

I feel like I've died and gone to heaven this morning Grace! I also think pink is the most delicious color on the wheel but you've taken it a lot further than me with all these gorgeous blooms. I have a lot of pink but I think you hands down, have me beat!
Anyway, back to wishes and your photos. I can see why you very nearly fainted when you saw that Celosia. It's supreme. I would love it in my garden too. That Darla must be the most generous person ~ I've seen several other people say she's given them plants/seeds. So sweet.
Believe it or not, I haven't gotten my list completely compiled yet. I do have a couple things on it ~ a David Austin rose (or two), 'Bonne Esperance' and 'Apple Blossom' Dahlias, a few new Salvias, and a red bloom for my containers (Spigelia marilandica). I have had summers like you did last year where I went no holds barred but it doesn't pay here. It's like tossing money overboard with winters that are so cold. Fun for the moment tho. Now that Christmas is down, I can concentrate on seeds and plants and wish lists. Hopefully I can be realistic about my desires and the space I actually have to plant in ~ although I also agree that containers can be a girls best accessory. :-)

I am adding a few of these flowers you share on my...

2010-01-11T19:38:18.722-08:00

I am adding a few of these flowers you share on my wish list for this year! Thank you for sharing... those images are AMAZING!!!!

I know this is hard to believe, but I've been thro...

2010-01-11T19:18:39.829-08:00

I know this is hard to believe, but I've been throwing away every plant catalog I've received so far. I really don't NEED anything. But then again, I just added a lot in the fall and need to see how they'll do. I was happy to see your redshift coreopsis (and even happier that I awed at the pic before I read what it was) because I planted one in the fall. It's near my front door and is guarded with several broken pieces of fencing (aka barbedwire). More than a few people have been poked. Then again, that's what they get for otherwise trampling my garden.

No hand-held electronic devices for me...I still c...

2010-01-11T15:09:36.572-08:00

No hand-held electronic devices for me...I still carry around a day runner with a whole section devoted to my wish list. Some items on it are several years old, but HPSO sales have proven gold mines for finding the most esoteric items. Fry Road Nursery (favorite referred to in this post?) looks like a good candidate for a field trip. Do they have a display garden?

Hi Grace, I love your mantra and followed the same...

2010-01-11T03:29:18.777-08:00

Hi Grace, I love your mantra and followed the same course this year. Thanks for the link love and I do hope that coreopsis lives up to expectations. Mine was a little sad last year since I divided it into several little ones. Bad gardener. I have the celosia seeds from sweet and generous Darla too, your success is encouraging! Let us both hope for way too many seedlings, better than not enough, right? Glad to hear about Hot Cocoa, just the name is enough to seperate the dollars from the fist. Here's to another year of plant consumerism! (Keep those nurseries afloat) :-)
Frances

Yes, buying with abandon last year, that sounds fa...

2010-01-10T22:56:03.283-08:00

Yes, buying with abandon last year, that sounds familiar. I practiced restraint in the spring, and lost it all in the fall. A wish list this year? Yes, there's an unofficial one brewing. A Eucomis like yours here is on the list. And, well, one of everything I don't already have. Sigh. hopeless.

My wish list changes with the Seasons. I'm heading...

2010-01-10T19:00:36.583-08:00

My wish list changes with the Seasons. I'm heading off to Gossler Farms Nursery this week to pick out some new, wonderful witchhazels. And I wish I had put in more Snow Drops. I think I rotted most of mine out with too much water last summer.
Get busy Grace. We want to see what's on your list.
Cindee

This is a beautiful post. My wish list keeps expan...

2010-01-10T17:33:29.504-08:00

This is a beautiful post. My wish list keeps expanding every time I check out new postings on blotanical. Your garden looks complete, so maybe you are truthful when you say you have no wish list, but I say to you - just wait! Come spring that gardener's blood will start boiling and new wishes will come bubbling up!

Wait a second here! NOTHING on your wishlist? Grac...

2010-01-10T11:34:55.384-08:00

Wait a second here! NOTHING on your wishlist? Grace! Have you not been receiving the mountains of catalogues the season brings? Maybe you are just more strong willed than I. Or maybe you aren't facing as many holes in the garden from winters freezing temperatures? I love the Celosia and the Eucomis, both splendid!

Seriously? Nothing on your wish list? Just strolli...

2010-01-10T10:41:40.376-08:00

Seriously? Nothing on your wish list? Just strolling the blogosphere this morning doubled my greedy gotta have list. Now, I'm contemplating growing okra. And I don't even know what that is! Serious case of cabin fever at my place...

My wish list is longish, but not yet filled in wi...

2010-01-10T08:26:04.468-08:00

My wish list is longish, but not yet filled in with specifics. Thank you for your suggestions on evergreen screening ideas: the myrica Californica looks interesting, and if I can get over my prejudice with it being a freeway planting shrub here in Portland, the cotoneaster lacteus is a contender. I do like those red berries.
Interesting to see your picture of the coreopsis redshift. I considered it last summer but thought it would be much redder from the grower pics. I like it!

I have had Celosia in my garden for 18 years...onl...

2010-01-10T06:17:22.907-08:00

I have had Celosia in my garden for 18 years...only planted it the first year. Many years I pull and pull and still seem to have some. This year I gave up. Yours is a beautiful color.
My list is still planning for the new house....so whatever goes in the ground here will be for punch when we list the house.

Oh, I love pink daylilies, there are so many wonde...

2010-01-10T00:17:52.736-08:00

Oh, I love pink daylilies, there are so many wonderful ones! In a previous garden in another climate I had two of my all-time faves -- Barbara Mitchell and Strawberry Candy. I bet you would love them. Love that Celosia too -- I grew burgundy ones this year. There are some really pretty pictures here, thanks for posting them!

Hi Grace and thank you for this post! I pecked sev...

2010-01-09T21:37:52.315-08:00

Hi Grace and thank you for this post! I pecked several grains of wisdom! I do have a wish list. Actually, several of them. But I tend to forget them at home when I go plant shopping. And when I am in a nursery, I forget that I have those lists. If my jaw drops while I'm looking at some plant, it's an indication that I need that plant in my garden. When I'm done with my garden budget, I usually check my wish list(s) and get very surprised to discover that very few of my new plants are from the wish list. It's not only with plants, Grace, it's with kids too: I planned to have one little sweet girl, but ended with two mean boys.
Anyway, all the plants from your post look great! I am with you when it comes to the yellow.

Grace, Fun post and again it shows your love for p...

2010-01-09T19:48:50.708-08:00

Grace,
Fun post and again it shows your love for pinks! One of my favorites is Verbena bonariensis I can't get the seedlings to move along fast enough to keep up with the butterflies.
As to roses there is only one I'd want in the garden it is a heirloom thornless climber with incredible red flowers and a heavenly aroma. I had one at my last garden on the porch railings.

Hi Grace, I love, love, love your roses. I enjoy...

2010-01-09T17:50:59.385-08:00

Hi Grace,

I love, love, love your roses. I enjoy most surprises the garden has for me ;-)

What gorgeous pinks ... and the textures and forms...

2010-01-09T17:18:06.257-08:00

What gorgeous pinks ... and the textures and forms all so beautiful. Surely you are the Goddess of Pinks Grace. I would start my wish list with your Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' ... knock out flower... your Joe Pye tempts me greatly too. Just now it is too cold and winter stretches out for months so no rush here to complete a list. Alas!

Oh my gosh I love that pink daylily! I've just add...

2010-01-09T16:38:01.781-08:00

Oh my gosh I love that pink daylily! I've just added it to my wish list! Those roses are lovely too.

Grace, What a treat...and much needed by me. I'v...

2010-01-09T15:26:13.778-08:00

Grace, What a treat...and much needed by me. I've got cabin fever, etc, etc, whine, whine! Even chocolate hasn't helped...but seeing your lovely flowers has put a smile back on my face. Thank you, gail ps I am going to have to be Darla to send me the celosia seedlings, too. They are gorgeous.

Pretty post, Grace! Yes, I have my wish list and i...

2010-01-09T15:24:28.928-08:00

Pretty post, Grace! Yes, I have my wish list and it keeps growing and growing. I look at blogs and I keep adding to my list. Also, I have those temporary "I don't know where to put it" containers, too! :)

That's a lot of awesome pink, Grace. Sign me up fo...

2010-01-09T15:15:18.817-08:00

That's a lot of awesome pink, Grace. Sign me up for a pink crocosmia, although you can keep the coreopsis. The fancy ones won't cooperate with me, just the standard pink and yellow threadleaf types. Sigh. And yeah, there are lots of very nice pink daylilies now. Maybe even too many. Nah...