Rainy Sunday

It rained all day today, a good soaking rain. The last two weeks have been kind to us, for we have seen about 3.5" of rain over that period, usually coming about a half inch at a time. Today we received about 1.25".

I'm really glad to see it because I said last summer that I wasn't planting a single new plant this fall, as I had my hands full watering what I already had. As it happened, I did plant just a few new things: (In my defense, several of these were given to me and it would have been bad manners not to accept them.)

3 Wax Myrtles
4 Barberries
15 Coneflowers
6 Viburnums
3 Chokecherries
3 Wiegela
2 Foamflowers
1 Daphne
2 Fothergilla
4 Roses
1 Holly
1 Hydrangea
2 Butterfly Bushes
9 Sweet Autumn Clematis
3 Balloon Flowers
2 Pincushion Flowers
1 Crape Myrtle

Christine suggested in a recent comment that perhaps buying more plants might subdue the urge to dig things up and move them around. I'm afraid not. After buying all of the above, I moved:

2 Forsythia
2 Hydrangeas
1 Koreanspice Viburnum
1 Arborvitae
1 Camellia
1 David Viburnum
1 Quince
2 Japanese Hollies
2 Tea Olives
1 Gardenia
2 Lantana
6-8 Spirea
1 Mock Orange
1 Wax Myrtle (yes, one of the new ones)
Hundreds of Daylilies
Dozens of Irises, Asters, and Coreopsis
Several Salvias and Liriope
1 Agastache

And mind you, this is just since September.
And it doesn't include Teresa's Charleston Garden, which is her responsibility.
And I've probably forgotten something.

You know, I didn't realize until I typed this exactly how much digging I did this year. You would think I didn't have a life...(That's my wife you hear in the background, mumbling something about shoes fitting.)

Anyway, I hope it rains all winter and spring so all these plants can establish good, healthy roots!