Did you get to the Friends plant sale at the state fairgrounds this weekend? How about the Arboretum sale in Chanhassen? One of the dozens of smaller ones in between? Or did you hit the nurseries? What were your favorite finds? Did you go for unusual or was price your priority?

For the first time in years, I actually resisted the urge to buy one (or more) of everything I thought I might want later in the summer. I’m very susceptible to “kid in a candy store” syndrome. I start thinking about the window boxes I’ll get to in a month, that this or that might be good for that front project I intend to do, and pretty soon I’ve got a pickup load of plants to water and care for weeks until I get to them.

So when I was at the Friends sale on Thursday night (I volunteered to get my early admission), I practiced restraint. I didn’t master it, mind you. I did come home with a beautiful redbud, a weeping pussy willow and a lovely little Japanese maple. Oh, and some fennel. And oregano. But I didn’t come home with the kitchen sink. And that’s progress.

Maybe I’ll celebrate my partial success by stopping by the nursery down the hill and see what they have!

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