>Back in November I visited my parents because my dad was in hospital (it was pretty serious, but he’s much better now), and I spent a lot of time with my mum, some of it digging things up in her garden so I could bring it back with me to our garden. I got around 40kg/90lb of perennials that I schlepped on trains and buses across the country in a suitcase and a sports bag and eventually planted in our garden.
Well, my parents are coming over this weekend, and my mother has said she’ll bring as many plants as she has time to dig up… Basically a mixed car trunk of perennials. FREE perennials from my childhood garden. Awr…
I’m so excited to see what they will bring. I know my mother has had a small kolkwitzia amabilis sitting in a pot over the winter that she wants to give me, but apart from that I don’t know what else she’ll bring.
It feels a bit like Christmas approaching, really… The only problem is I don’t really know where to put the plants, since I don’t have any free space, but I guess we can make space somewhere. After all, we have plenty of lawn that can be turned into flower beds, and as long as I do the hardest work myself I’m sure my parents would love to help.
Anyway… Free plants? Delivered to the doorstep? That makes for a happy Soren, I can tell you!
>You lucky person. What are your parents going to do with all the spaces that are left in their garden? or is it a case of divide and share?
>It's a mix of dividing, "weeding" and tidying up their garden. And the plants will be better off in our garden than on my parents' compost heap. 🙂
>Soren, I am impressed you lugged those perennials on the bus and train. That is true garden dedication. Your new bed will be one to really cherish too. Plants from family make for one special spot. I wish I brought some from Pennsylvania, but all I brought was family antiques. My living room is like a garden of genealogical history.
>Oh that does sound exciting! As much as I enjoy plant shopping, I love gifts of plants from gardens even more!
>Donna: Would it be very wrong to say that I've also on several occasions schlepped 40 liters of potting soil at a time up to the garden? Just like tonight I carried 71 liters of paint up to our new 4th-floor apartment… If you want it, you've got to do it!Barbie/Christine (I never know who's who): Gifts are lovely! And gifts from the garden you grew up in somehow counts for a bit more, really.
>How wonderful that your parents love to garden, and love to share, too! I hope you get some plants that you absolutely love, and some that have happy memories attached. Glad you Dad is doing well.
>Holley, I have very fond memories of lying in a hammock under my parents' large kolkwitzia, so getting an offshoot of that is just wonderful.
Hi Soren, Welcome to wordpress. I love your header photo.
Thank you! And the header is a bit of a cheat. since it’s from the glorious summer last year, rather than the slightly less predictable summer this year…