I started a lot of things yesterday, but I didn’t get any of them done.

In the morning, I planted my new lantana plants. The old ones went into pots in the side yard. I really need to decide what to do with these plants:

I pulled the weeds out of the palm tree bed in front of my house, but then realized that there wasn’t enough sun for the lantanas to flourish. I’m thinking I might plant something else there… maybe some impatiens? They like shade.
(I took the picture below in the late afternoon – the only time there is sunlight on the bed.)

Inside the house, I was going to start painting the hallway or living room. I put some paint samples on the wall to see if I like them:

But my paint brush and cutting-in cup are all still wet with the kitchen paint color, because I need to patch and paint the hole cut by the bee keeper who took the honeybees out of my wall. The patch job requires some thick coating, so I had to let it dry overnight.

While I was by that window, I noticed my African violets were infested with aphids. I took them to the tub and sprayed them with soapy water.

While I was spraying them, it reminded me that I needed to spray the weeds in my side yard with weed killer.

Each of these things didn’t take long, but it was a pretty full day. And it was delightful! Why do I always finally kick myself into gear when I’m out of summer time? Dang it! Well, at least I have til the end of this week. I think. I should check my school email…

When I planted the lantana in my back yard, I put in two different varieties. I thought I was ok with it, but the more I looked at them, the more it bothered me. My back yard is full of a jumble of pots. The backbone plantings need to be uniform. Ack!

I had gotten the original plants at a local nursery chain called Armstrong. I called all the locations that were within an hour’s drive. They were all sold out of “Lucky Sunrise Rose” lantana. Dang it.

I did a little more searching, and found a different garden center called Roger’s Gardens that had the variety on their website. I called to see if they had it in stock, and they did! Woo hoo! I went there yesterday.

It is beyond Costa Mesa – a 45 minute drive from my house.

The place is ginormous. And beautiful. And fancy.

But most importantly, they had lantana “Lucky Sunrise Rose”. I got five plants to replace the “Bandana Cherry” plants in my garden. It’s an expensive correction, but it will give me such peace of mind.