Growing Things

Finally, a warm sunny afternoon ON THE WEEKEND! I got out into the woodland garden and planted Viola cornuta, black violas. Alchemy Seedworks, which sold me the seeds, says that that: This fragrant black viola is perinnial in zones 4-9. It enjoys growing around larger plants, in woodlands, or in pots. It is associated with death and resurrection through the myth of Attis, ancient Turkish god of vegetation. and through its connection with the always dying and resurrecting Persephone, who was picking these flowers when Hades kidnapped here & took her to the Underworld."

Also planted two of the three Arisaema griffithii that arrived this week. One bulb looked good, one looked iffy, and the third bulb really does look dead; I'm going to ask them for a better one.