Two (More) Stachys 'Hummelo' Planted IB2DW - Fall Planting - October 2024
I managed to plant a couple more things this weekend after finding these at The Growing Place end-of-the-season sale. There are now two Stachys monnieri 'Hummelo' planted right at the feet of the Ginkgo tree that is growing IB2DWs. I have a pair of these same Stachys Hummelos already in the front yard that I planted last Fall (Fall Planting, ftw). This was their first season and they put on a nice colorful show this Summer - which reinforced why I wanted them in our garden. As I mentioned in the original post, these are on Roy Diblik's 'appropriate plant list' , so you can't go wrong with having a few of these in your beds. I've posted a few times about repetition and mass plantings and how I've grown to appreciate (and be drawn to) those concepts. I've swapped out a few things in my backyard (via Garden Edits) to bring some of that repetition and mass planting to life. One of the postings - about mass plantings - was b...