More garden progress.....

     I'm pretty certain that Mr. Rural is sick to death of visiting nurseries, but he loves me so he doesn't complain. Between yesterday and today I visited five different nurseries/garden centers searching out plant ideas and searching for plants I'd already researched.

Japanese Barberry

     I knew I needed to find a nectarine tree as our original nectarine tree needed a mate for pollination. Some fruit trees are self pollinating, while others are best grown in pairs. Usually a plant tag will give you this information. In addition to the nectarine we were ready for one more tree in our second stage landscape redo. I decided on on D'anjou Pear which will need another pear, probably a Bartlett, to produce.

     Other plants we've added this weekend are:

                      Rose Glow Japanese Barberry (green, red and purple leaves)
                      Climbing Don Juan Rose (a rescue plant the nursery was clearancing)
                      Blackberry bush
                      Nigh Shade Potato Bush (purple flowers)
                      Snow in Summer
                      Santa Barbara Sage
                      Spanish Lavender

My awesome deal

     The biggest deal of the day however was at Lowes where I found two copper trellises that were originally $45 marked down to $5. I will remove the bottoms, spray paint these black and they will be perfect for our beans in our back two raised beds. They are super heavy and the base boxes will be great for planters on our steps. SCORE!
                     
     Tomorrow is a big community cleanup party and then it's back to gardening! Here's to good weather.