My eyes are bigger than my truck. Picking out plants at my favorite nursery is always a challenge. Like a kid in a candy store I want just about everything in sight. Wanting at least 25 of each doesn’t help. So there I am trying to get acres of choices to fit into my truck. Even using a two level system doesn’t help provide enough space. My wallet proved to be too big for my truck too and I had to come home with cash unspent

I end up as always having to make tough choices. I want variety so the count for each choice is limited. After careful consideration I end up with 13 different varieties and a total of 116 plants

- 4 types of Astilbes (21 pots) will make a good start at one job.
- 3 types of Sedum (31 pots) are not nearly enough to go around to 3 different jobs.
- 20 pots of Ajuga is not gong to cover the area I had in mind.
- 2 varieties of Phlox (34 pots) will make a good start in 2 yards.

With no room to spare I managed to squeeze in a couple more plants I coun’t leave behind.

- 4 pots of Coneflower ‘Fatal Attraction’ will make guest appearences at a couple of places including my garden.
- 4 pots of Sanguisorba nenziesii are going to go into my garden. These are new to me and I’ll see how well they do before I use them elsewhere.
- 2 pots of Chrysanthemum ‘Snow Lady’ – These are a nice dwarf variety but there was just no room left – Big Sigh

So how much area will a truck load of plants cover?

Not much

It won’t take long to use these up. It’s getting late in the season so it looks like a return trip is going to happen sooner than later.

I can’t believe I forgot to take photos of the ‘Plantage’ while I was there. Next time I will so you can see how difficult it is to decide what to haul away.