Flowers

[msmemory_archive]

(As much for my memory as anything.)
I got the quick garden tour from the house seller today. She's a Garden Club member (am I intimidated yet?), so I think she was pleased and flattered that it was one of the queries I had about the property.

In only vague order, the following are growing in the back and side yards:
Forsythia, lilacs, perennial geraniums (pink), summer phlox, sedum, clematis, trumpet vine, wisteria, hydrangea, black-eyed Susan, "wagelia"?, japanese iris, boxwood, peonies, mallow, ornamental grasses, hosta, pinks, lupines, raspberries, blueberries, concord grapes, rose of sharon, mock orange, orange daylilies, pink lilies, japanese pompoms, money plants, 2 hollies, rhododendron, azalea, some other things she didn't remember what/where she had put in, and miscellaneous evergreens.

Many of the plants are one-of, that she had gotten cuttings or trades from other garden club members, hence the variety.

Comments

Re: Cool.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

An article I read years ago said it was a good idea to specify that the plantings came along with the house in the sale. Things in pots are generally not included in the sale, but you could ask for them. The article came with the accompanying anecdote about the good plants getting dug out by the owner before the closing.

Re: Cool.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

They're moving to California; she joked about having plane reservations for her pets. I'm not worried if she takes one or two specimen plants, but suspect that she's probably going to abandon a bunch of extra things that might have gone in a local sale, like the plastic compost bin. We did negotiate on a couple items - she wanted to keep the handpainted mailbox, I asked her to leave the drapes in the Great Room.