Needless to say, it is going to take a few years to get everything into my kidney that I want to get into it!
So I came up with a short term fix. I plan on getting one or two of the plants I want this year, and for the rest of the bed I picked up a canister of wildflower seeds (Butterfly & Hummingbird mix) that I will scatter in the non-planted spaces. Most of the flowers will be annuals, but it does have a few perennials (Purple Coneflower, Lemon Mint, and Maltese Cross) and a bi-annual (Foxglove… which is the only bi-annual I’m familiar with). I figure I’ll let whatever comes up next year stay where it is and fill in the blank spots with more of the plants on my list, and so on for a few years.
Of course, before I can do anything I need to order some top soil to create the mound in which to plant all those lovelies!
I also must admit I’m really looking forward to getting my Mock Orange Innocence out of its container and into the ground. My front yard should be perfumed nicely this June!