My variety of discount plants

I got a pleasant surprise today when I made a stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things. There was a clearance sign near some garden plants and I decided to check it out to see if it was an actual clearance or one of those that the store claims to be a clearance and isn’t. Sure enough all of the garden plants were $.25 each. The great thing about the plants were the tall grasses that were available. About a week ago I wrote about needing some tall grass to hide my gas meter and electric box. I was unwilling to pay the excessive prices at the garden center. At this grocery store, I was able to purchase six containers of grass which will work great for disguising once they grow in. I was also able to pick up a few plants and flowers to fill in areas of my flower bed that I am working on in my backyard. I was able to identify all of the items that I purchased except for the funny looking plant on the left in the back of my photo. It doesn’t have flowers and I have no idea what it is. Here is a list of what I purchased:

• Toucan Tango (flower)
• Fantasia Zonal Geranium (flower)
• Icicles (plant)
• Blue Arrows (grass)
• Petunia (flower)
• Vinca Vine (flowering ground cover)

Out of curiosity, I made another stop at that same grocery store a few hours later to see if anything was left.  I think everyone else thought it was a great clearance price too because all of their clearance plants were gone except for some marigolds.

The tail end of an Oklahoma sunset