Three Different Brunnera

I haven't yet showed you the other plant I bought last weekend.

I found a cultivar of Brunnera that I don't have, and that I like. There are quite a few, but a lot of them don't have enough foliage interest for me to pay money for. Of course, there are a couple... One of the attractions of Brunnera is that the deer don't like them because the leaves are rough.

Anyway, I bought 'Variegata,' yeah... it just means variegated. But it's big and has colorful leaves. I had to pay full price even though it was badly sunburned. And it may want even deeper shade than where I put it. It got unhappy for a couple of days. But maybe it was just transplant shock. We'll see.

Of the two varieties I have, 'Frostbite' is by far my favorite. The leaves are larger and whiter than 'Jack Frost,' although 'Jack Frost' seems to be a very popular cultivar. 'Jack Frost' also gets to looking sad about this time of year. The 'Jack Frost' may eventually find a different home. It's not turning out to be a favorite of mine.

Here is 'Frostbite' today. (Yeah, something likes to nibble the edges of the leaves. Or maybe it's just the stress of the dry year. I don't really have a slug or snail problem here.)

And here is one of the 'Jack Frost.' I moved the other one to make room for the 'Variegata,' and it is not currently very happy. 'Jack Frost' is supposed to look kind of shimmery. I don't see it. What you can't tell, because I have made the plant fill the entire picture, is that 'Jack Frost' is about half the size of 'Frostbite.'

Ones I might be interested in are 'Looking Glass' with very white leaves, and 'Diane's Gold' with bright yellow-green leaves. I'm sure I'd need to order those.

Today was nuts. For starters, I realized that I've been making a critical planning error. I am leaving at the end of this week for the Wild Blueberry Festival in Paradise, MI. Then from there I go directly west to the Trail Fest in North Dakota (with Marie and Diane). This is a two-week trip with the two different purposes. I thought I needed to leave Friday. Nope. I leave Thursday!

Well, now we have my attention! Today was nothing like my laid back regular schedule of projects. It's been a very comfortable couple of weeks just working on these familiar tasks. Today I spent all morning on volunteer stuff, mostly for the NCT. Then I got things ready and did library, bank, post office, and way too much shopping. That took all afternoon.

I have a list and the clock is ticking. I'll be ready to go, but no more just drifting contentedly from continuing project to continuing project!

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