Saturday, April 23, 2011

The plant gods have smiled upon me.

I won the most amazing prize.  The plant gods have smiled upon me.  Get this... I won... a $100 gift certificate from Santa Rosa Gardens from An Obsessive Neurotic Gardener's website. I literally almost fainted when I found out that I had won.  Thank you, thank you to ONG, aka John, who is the writer behind An Obsessive Neurotic Gardener.  I really can't thank him enough for hosting such an amazing giveaway.  If you don't follow his garden blog, you should.  He has a great sense of humor with an expansive knowledge of ornamental grasses and native plants.  He's the only gardener that I read that is a little (obsessed) with grasses.  Which is pretty cool in my book because I don't know squat about grass!  I ordered the following with my gift certificate prize. I am so beyond excited!
When I received the package in the mail, it was like Christmas in April! Everything was so nicely packed.
When I took all the tissue paper off, I saw that everything was wrapped in this protective netting.   Totally impressive that they took the care to wrap everything so nicely.
Here are all the plants with the netting off.  I can't wait to start planting these in the yard.  I don't know where everything will go yet.  I only know where the blue hydrangea will be planted.  I have a spot in the front yard for that beauty.  The two lemon grass plants will be potted in a container.  I think that will be very nice on our patio.  Do you grow lemon grass?  Where did you plant yours?

14 comments:

  1. That's awesome! I am so jealous! I LOVE hydrangeas and tulips are my fav! Those white ones are awesome!

    I grow lemongrass in containers around the yard...the dogs and cats like to nibble it!

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  2. Congratulations!! What a nice selection of plants! I have always wanted to plant some lemon grass, but always seem to forget to buy it. I think putting it in containers on your patio is a great idea! Maybe I will steal that idea :)

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  3. Congrat's to you;-) I will get your box composter sent out this weekend. I was away most of the week and now I'm sick! If for some reason my hubby cannot get to the post office today I will do it next week;-)

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  4. Wow! What a great prize. Enjoy the plants.
    ONG has a great site.

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  5. Congratulations.:) We are hoping to pick up some lemon grass at the farmers market this year if they are selling it again and I also look forward to seeing how yours grows. Enjoy that gift certificate...how neat.

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  6. Wow that is fabulous! Have fun planting everything.

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  7. What an awesome prize! Im so jealous! Cant wait till you post where your planting them all!

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  8. Congratulation! It couldn't have happened to a nicer blogger! I agree too - he writes a great blog...

    Have fun with all your lovely newbies!

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  9. OH! A blue hydrangea, I love those!!! We can't grow them here, it's too cold. Congrats on the win, too cool!!

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  10. Congratulations for winning such an awesome prize! I grow lemon grass in a pot. It's not a perennial here in zone 5. I'm trying to remember what zone you are. I bought a nice sized lemon grass at the plant sale I went to Saturday. I haven't planted it yet. I was thinking about looking into planting it in the ground this year.

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  11. WOW! I am JEALOUS! You are so lucky to have won that! I know you'll love your plants - can't wait to see your pictures of the blooms!

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