One thing leads to another . . .

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:28:52 -0400
From: “N.A. Booko”
Subject: One thing leads to another . . .

Last year I decided I wanted to have lots of ‘Cup and Saucer’ -‘ Canterbury Bells’ flowers. Botanical name is Campanula calycanthema. A tall foxglove like flower. It is biannual, meaning you plant seeds this spring, they grow all season, thru winter and bloom next year. Then die. Meanwhile, they have produced seeds and once you get a sequence going, you tend to think of them as perennial. They are spectacular and seldom do you find plants for sale around this area.

Last spring I bought several packets and planted enough for me and the rest of Cup and Saucer lovers. (The local Dollar Trees and Dollar General are usually good seed sources).  But out of several hundred, only one lone plant survived the summer heat and the cold winter. I think it will bloom this year.  Meanwhile, i went looking for more seeds this month. All my local sources did not stock any. Ebay had plenty, but i couldn’t be sure if it was the variety of Campanula I wanted. Finally I gave up.

Today, i noticed a box of bulbs a friend had given me last fall- Still needing and wanting to be planted. I made up my mind I was going to do it right then and there.  I rushed inside storage shed to get some soil enriching material. I reached for a pail (that is a bucket to many) to carry the fertilizer outside. Dear Lord! The bucket was filled with seed packets from last year. At least seven packets of Cup and Saucer seeds. Marigolds (which I have vowed not to buy again), morning glories (foolishly invested $$ in an exotic mail order source a week ago) What a treasure trove. How lucky I am to be so absent minded.

Now if only I can find those seeds again once I rush this important message to the Chatlist. If not, I won’t  leave ANY ROCK UNTURNED.

N.A. Booko

N.A. Booko lives and gardens in Chatham County and has done so since 1972. Can’t remember where I wuz before then. Must have been mighty purty tho.