This happens all the time, I went out to get something very specific (bluegrass seed to re-seed over what my dad thinks is just the annual rye from a mixed bag) and I came home with 2 new plants: a Japanese Painted Fern [Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'] for the OTHER shade garden (the bamboo side), and an oriental lily called After Eight [Lilium 'After Eight'] that I thought Chris would like since he loves his Lilium 'Tiny Pearl' that he picked out.
![Lilium 'After Eight' Lilium 'After Eight'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQgBgVQ9_duivvOWZNj6BpkCGBFo1LvyJk_nefceYuSRAIT9ILYKG-1LGu-_x22YAmLFG11V0aw2QqCCGX4vKmQHQc_6jqVpBTUKD-WHKaDeEa97b4lA7OhEUAhDpLAFokAwjGEI0oqs/s1600/Lilium+After+Eight.JPG) |
Lilium 'After Eight' |
![newly planted lily newly planted lily](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrppkmJyEc1SDQJ1HkjRVAlbez66YE-l74tdGjB2hmOD5dunCCzeMWYnqzGIeDr1W2_S5jCtt4NAiL1BD1Y_0q72YaoULdRzTtcLXZTBi7MSGoScCIn0zv2YlEm5KRxcPNt6E8vSxRAY/s1600/After+eight+next+to+tiny+pearl.JPG) |
'After Eight' on the left and 'Tiny Pearl' on the right |
![Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7ykaRQOhJ5KgIEAjzaw85mw3ocb8ml8VNJ8MJYsCPe1oYeIsLpeYrjNSmPnXhIwJN1n8SDGNRdIIy8RMhaQlp0Zv07rmyH3fJTDf2iTb6Y7rdnazDGtyAaTQvxBT-tes7i-QReQYtqw/s1600/japanese+painted+fern.JPG) |
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' |
![Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-h7hv37gVlonDg8vb3EF8HFaOxeH5v-r_qf156uZf4byjk6cIU7_anHgV73S7egU5J3TGh2ULPSPORh6Q4IJ7UHbXshO6d-3BJOuB3VPxDcN_MJZskKei5PqOhNTd9fSvztYqD82t-U/s1600/pictum+painted+fern.JPG) |
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' - young and not very 'painted' just yet |
I saw a Japanese Painted Fern at work in the full shade bed behind a residence hall, and I've been eyeing it online for a while. It's actually on my
wish list and now I get to cross it off.
I got the Lilium 'After Eight' because it's full height should be a little taller than Tiny Pearl, and it should fit into the area by the downspout where the hibiscus used to be. When I tore out the hibiscus I found it was chalk white all the way down to the root, dry and brittle, and sitting in a puddle of water - I had dug a hole in the clay and filled it with the hibiscus' very fluffy potting mix, so it had been filling up like a bucket. Before planting the lily I filled it with top soil and tried to raise the lily up a bit.
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