Showing posts with label mum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mum. Show all posts
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Foliage.
Butterfly bush in the shrub island.
A white spirea. This plant has been moved three times. It now resides in the shrub island.
Dame's rocket. A couple clumps are starting to push out stalks just a few feet away.
A mum, larkspur, and others at the arbor spanning the entrance to the perennial bed.
Golden Jubilee.
Yucca. I dug this one from my parents' property in SC. They grow wild in the woods here. I might regret that some day.
Something new that popped up next to the driveway. Any thoughts?
The new foliage of Ligustrum Howardii is tinged with gold.
More ditch lilies.
May Night Salvia. A clearance purchase last summer.
Elymus arenarius 'Blue Dune' grass. These are on the slope where I have knockouts and lavender.
Poppies, I think.
It's 48 degrees and cloudy. Today will be cooler reaching about 60 degrees. Tomorrow, the heat wave starts rolling in.
Majesty Palms and Peace lilies have arrived at the store just in time for Palm Sunday and Easter. The fragrant white lilies will be arriving in another week. Boston ferns are on the racks. Petunias will be available shortly. It's strange. We went from extreme cold to the middle of spring in just a couple of weeks. I'm not sure any of us were prepared for this. Obviously, the shoppers are happy about it, spending gobs of money just to be outside for a few hours. It's not a bad time to be paid to work outdoors.
A white spirea. This plant has been moved three times. It now resides in the shrub island.
Dame's rocket. A couple clumps are starting to push out stalks just a few feet away.
A mum, larkspur, and others at the arbor spanning the entrance to the perennial bed.
Golden Jubilee.
Yucca. I dug this one from my parents' property in SC. They grow wild in the woods here. I might regret that some day.
Something new that popped up next to the driveway. Any thoughts?
The new foliage of Ligustrum Howardii is tinged with gold.
More ditch lilies.
May Night Salvia. A clearance purchase last summer.
Elymus arenarius 'Blue Dune' grass. These are on the slope where I have knockouts and lavender.
Poppies, I think.
It's 48 degrees and cloudy. Today will be cooler reaching about 60 degrees. Tomorrow, the heat wave starts rolling in.
Majesty Palms and Peace lilies have arrived at the store just in time for Palm Sunday and Easter. The fragrant white lilies will be arriving in another week. Boston ferns are on the racks. Petunias will be available shortly. It's strange. We went from extreme cold to the middle of spring in just a couple of weeks. I'm not sure any of us were prepared for this. Obviously, the shoppers are happy about it, spending gobs of money just to be outside for a few hours. It's not a bad time to be paid to work outdoors.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
On my hands and knees
I did some weeding today in the perennial bed. It felt good to get my hands in dirt, even if I was wearing gloves. The soil is extremely wet. I lost a few things over the winter. The guara, for one, just doesn't tolerate wet feet. The soil hasn't dried out since the fall.
I collected a wheelbarrow of weeds and a few leaves with them.
That was just from the border along the edge of the street. I dumped it into the compost bin twice.
The most exciting thing that happened to me all day was finding the first crocus bloom. Spring really is coming, but not before a cold rainy weekend passes through.
Anise hyssop "Golden Jubilee" is coming back. This is a self sown plant that popped up last year.
Lots of rudbeckias are hanging around.
Coreopsis "Full Moon" is doing great. I planted 12 of my divisions in the backyard today.
Coreopsis "Moonbeam" has new growth too. I didn't see any along the retaining wall. I paid a whole dollar for those 15 plants last year. They'd better come back.
I saw new growth on a few clearance rack mums too. Ditch lilies are ready for spring, like me.
Montauk Daisy
Purple columbine
Rose campion. These were wintersown last year. I thought they were lambs ear for a few months. I was wrong.
Dianthus Pinks are holding their own. These are clumps I rooted from a bag full that Jim at Frogview Cottage sent me.
All over the yard, daffodils are popping up. I even saw the tip of one on the front slope where I planted 200 back in December. As usual, those around the oak tree in the front yard will be the first to bloom.
It's 45 degrees. The rain will be here soon. Plenty of wood has been hauled into the basement. Lunch has been eaten. It's time for that nap. The rest of the weeds can wait.
4:42pm - No nap yet. I just had to check on the hoophouse. The seedlings survived the cold nights last week just fine. Not much growth, but plenty of sprouts. They know what they're doing.
Rudbeckia hirta. I think I may have overdone it with these. I have 125 of these little cups and every seed sprouted.
Like little soldiers. Dianthus and several others have already sprouted. In another month, it should be a sea of green in there.
Behind the hoophouse, the sedums I rooted this summer are coming back. The variegated sedum was shy. Here's the red.
I collected a wheelbarrow of weeds and a few leaves with them.
That was just from the border along the edge of the street. I dumped it into the compost bin twice.
The most exciting thing that happened to me all day was finding the first crocus bloom. Spring really is coming, but not before a cold rainy weekend passes through.
Anise hyssop "Golden Jubilee" is coming back. This is a self sown plant that popped up last year.
Lots of rudbeckias are hanging around.
Coreopsis "Full Moon" is doing great. I planted 12 of my divisions in the backyard today.
Coreopsis "Moonbeam" has new growth too. I didn't see any along the retaining wall. I paid a whole dollar for those 15 plants last year. They'd better come back.
I saw new growth on a few clearance rack mums too. Ditch lilies are ready for spring, like me.
Montauk Daisy
Purple columbine
Rose campion. These were wintersown last year. I thought they were lambs ear for a few months. I was wrong.
Dianthus Pinks are holding their own. These are clumps I rooted from a bag full that Jim at Frogview Cottage sent me.
All over the yard, daffodils are popping up. I even saw the tip of one on the front slope where I planted 200 back in December. As usual, those around the oak tree in the front yard will be the first to bloom.
It's 45 degrees. The rain will be here soon. Plenty of wood has been hauled into the basement. Lunch has been eaten. It's time for that nap. The rest of the weeds can wait.
4:42pm - No nap yet. I just had to check on the hoophouse. The seedlings survived the cold nights last week just fine. Not much growth, but plenty of sprouts. They know what they're doing.
Rudbeckia hirta. I think I may have overdone it with these. I have 125 of these little cups and every seed sprouted.
Like little soldiers. Dianthus and several others have already sprouted. In another month, it should be a sea of green in there.
Behind the hoophouse, the sedums I rooted this summer are coming back. The variegated sedum was shy. Here's the red.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Potpourri
In the perennial bed, there are two plants blooming that have similar blooms. One's a weed.
Hyacinths. This photo was taken this morning though I noticed them a couple days ago. We haven't even had a frost yet.
I'm still considering potting these begonias to bring in for the winter.
I did pot the last castor bean, the only really dark purple one I got out of the bunch. I also gave the Boston fern a haircut. It'll come into the basement in a couple days.
The castor bean has new growth, so I removed all the large leaves hoping to relieve some of the stress of being yanked from the ground.
Osmanthus fragrans is blooming all over the yard. They really put on quite the olfactory show after it rains.
I have to admit, I told a lie. I thought I had lost all my ginkgo seedlings. Apparently, several seeds germinated over the summer under one of the hostas I planted at the end of the driveway. I've marked them with a stake so I can keep an eye on them next spring.
It's a beautiful day with clear skies and leaves still falling from the oaks in the backyard. It's 55 degrees. The high today should reach the mid 60s.
Hyacinths. This photo was taken this morning though I noticed them a couple days ago. We haven't even had a frost yet.
I'm still considering potting these begonias to bring in for the winter.
I did pot the last castor bean, the only really dark purple one I got out of the bunch. I also gave the Boston fern a haircut. It'll come into the basement in a couple days.
The castor bean has new growth, so I removed all the large leaves hoping to relieve some of the stress of being yanked from the ground.
Osmanthus fragrans is blooming all over the yard. They really put on quite the olfactory show after it rains.
I have to admit, I told a lie. I thought I had lost all my ginkgo seedlings. Apparently, several seeds germinated over the summer under one of the hostas I planted at the end of the driveway. I've marked them with a stake so I can keep an eye on them next spring.
It's a beautiful day with clear skies and leaves still falling from the oaks in the backyard. It's 55 degrees. The high today should reach the mid 60s.
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