8 Didiscus Lacy Blue Flower Plugs Planted In The Island Bed - June 2026

Earlier this year, I bought a bunch of cut flower plugs from Garden Club and they arrived earlier than I really needed them.  Lesson learned for next year:  Have them delivered later in the Spring.  Of that set of plugs, eight of them are a new (to me) flower:  Didiscus Lacy Blue.  Of the plugs that arrived, these seemed to do the best with my "up-potting" as all eight have navigated the past two months and have put on some new foliage.  

After managing them for weeks, I finally got around to planting them after all the threat of frost was gone.  In the second-to-last-week of May (the same day I put in a bunch of Dahlias), I planted these eight small plants.  They went in the south part of the Island Bed.  

I spaced them about a foot apart and protected them with a ring of chicken wire to keep the rabbits away from them - until they can put on some mass.  I planted them in a mix of compost, garden soil and municipal biosolids.  Then, I watered them in good.  

This bed now has A LOT of small things starting - Vinca, Coleus, Ajuga, some dahlias and now these Didiscus.  It is also hard to water because of the sidewalk and driveway.  There's lots of overspray.  But, I'll get the sprinkler dialed-in and hopefully keep everything alive.  

#8 on my 2026 to-do list is to:

Experiment with other cut flowers. Plant them in the ground (in the garden beds) and add some variety to my arrangements.

These are a start.