A few new plants for Fall
While visiting my mom in Lafayette yesterday, I picked up a few new plants for the garden. There’s a great nursery there named “All Seasons” that has a really broad selection. Every time I visit, we stop in and I rarely leave without buying something.
I’m trying to fill in some spots in the garden so I’m planting a few new things now before I make major changes in the spring. Here are the new additions:
- “Candy Stripe” Creeping Phlox
- “Louisiana Purple” Woodland Phlox
- “Patriot” Hosta
- “Victoria White” Salvia
I love hostas and I’ve wanted to get more. But I don’t like trying to prevent the slugs from eating the leaves. In the past I’ve used the “Cup of Beer” method, where I lay a plastic cup on its side with beer in the bottom. The slugs are attracted to the yeast, they crawl into the cup, and they drown. My slugs drink Natural Light.
But making sure my slugs have fresh beer to die in can be a lot of work, so I’m trying something new with the Patriot Hostas. I’m going to plant the Creeping Phlox around the hostas as ground cover. It’s very prickly to the touch and I’m hoping the slugs won’t like crawling over it to get to the hostas. Hopefully the phlox will spread out enough next spring to form a protective barrier around the hostas. We’ll have to wait and see how tenacious my slugs are. But I may have to keep them liquored up in the meantime.
