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With literally everywhere being on lockdown for the past month or so due to the “C” word, I had all but given up trying to get some more flowers for the butterfly garden.
Then I came across Kilmurry Nursery down in Co Wexford and ordered another 8 plants online. I’ve never bought plants online before, so was a bit worried about how they would look when they arrived & the condition of them. However I was really impressed by the quality of them when they arrived. They were really well packaged and had enough information on them so even I could plant them (& not kill them!)
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The plants I bought were:
- Sedums – 2 different types
- Monarda ‘Bee Lieve’
- Lobelia ‘Hadspens Purple’
- Verbena bonariensis
- Echinops ‘Blue Globe’
- Aquilegia ‘McKana Hybrids’
- Black Eyed Susan
- Achillea millefolium ‘Apple Blossom’
- Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi ‘Jenny’)
We even got a free plant from the nursery – Papaver nudicaule ‘Summer Breeze’ – which is an iceland poppy π
We left them all in their pots for a couple of days until we had a dry, less windy day for planting, then once we decided where they were going, we set to planting them…
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This was about 14 days ago, we’ve had gorgeous sunny weather since then and I’m pleased to say all the plants have taken really well π
The Aquilegia has started to flower…
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…as has the Ragged Robin which has a couple of lovely delicate pink flowers…
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I actually started typing this post early last week, so I thought I’d better finish it! This morning I went outside to find that 2 of the Aquilegia flowers were fully open and they are beautiful!
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The Ragged Robin now has a lot more flowers open as well…
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Both lots of thyme are beginning to flower – they have such tiny delicate flowers…
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We have also planted some Calendula seedlings in the beds and hope to sow some Poached Egg plant seeds and Chive seeds over the weekend. I ordered these seeds a few weeks ago so was delighted we finally got them!
And I ordered some Salvias and Echinacea plants from Kilmurry Nursery which should arrive mid-week.
So far, the butterflies we’ve had visit are Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Orange Tip and Wood White (I think), so I think the pollinator garden is coming along nicely π
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It’s looking good, I’ve ordered plants online a few times over the years and they’ve all turned up it great condition. I’ve never seen a Wood White before a very nice garden addition!
Thanks Pam – I’ve been reading up on the Wood White & it looks as though I got it wrong! That butterfly is only found in the Burren region of Ireland over in the west, however this one could be the Cryptic Wood White… who knows!