Nn-2023-autumn

Cool Plants

Good plants noted in late 2023, some native xeric for pollinators and cold hardy . . .

• https://www.highcountrygardens.com/product/perennial-plants/chamaebatiaria-millefolium
• https://www.highcountrygardens.com/product/perennial-plants/agastache-neomexicana
• https://www.highcountrygardens.com/product/perennial-plants/butterfly-weed-hello-yellow-asclepias

Infrastructure:
(1) build retaining wall between front northwest yard rhododendron and agave ovatifolia

Clean up:
[ ] remove dead rhododendron stump
[ ] attempt to move self air rooted rhododendron branch
[ ] remove copiced oak tree
[ ] weed
Preparation:
[ ] dig trench for gravel footing for wall
[ ] set blocks
[ ] backfill and cover with screen
Stepping stones:
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(2) pot up hardy hibiscus from 57th street

[x] pot up four hibiscus planted atop ground and mounded in place [ ] pot or plant in ground n hibiscus from five gallon bucket

(3) smaller planting jobs

[ ] pot and label vine maple and Japanese maple one-gallon seed groups [ ] plant loose AB iris rhizomes [ ] plant BB Cranapple iris divisions [ ] plant AB Perry Dyer iris divisions, two sites [ ] locate and plant in ground agastache in white pots [ ] divide first and oldest red hot poker

(4) complete first section northeast large block retaining wall