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velvetpage) wrote2009-05-02 08:51 pm
velvetpage) wrote2009-05-02 08:51 pm
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Garden update
My spring bulbs are mostly doing well. A couple are coming up right smack in the middle of my creeping thyme and veronica, and they aren't getting much room, but other than that I'm happy with them. I'll wait another three weeks and then sow my nasturtium seeds in the spots left bare by retreating bulbs. I bought more of them this year, so I should get lots of colour from them.
I need a small mum to shade the feet of my clematis. It's doing beautifully, btw, lots of leaves beginning to cover the lower part of the trellis. This will be the year I start to get substantial blossoms on it, I think. I'm going to have to be vigorous about eliminating extra morning glories, otherwise the clematis will get overwhelmed. Those morning glories are definitely glorious - and since they're shaded in the afternoon, they're often glorious for much of the day - but man are they invasive.
Also in the side garden, my lavendar is doing well, the dwarf sweet william is creeping along nicely, and the purple sage is popping up. The peony, while much smaller than other people's, is still respectably alive. The columbine has self-seeded all over that garden, so I have to decide how much I'm going to leave there. It's lovely, so I may let it go all English-country-garden on me. The nasturtium will look lovely around all that columbine and purple sage and lavendar.
I still don't know where I'm going to put the stella d'oro lily. And I'm still debating what to do with the garden extension I'd tentatively planned. I like the veronica I planted last year; it's covered in purple flowers and is creeping into the grass, and since it's much prettier than grass, that's fine by me. I do know I'm planting some tall larkspur against the porch, and a couple of bushy sweet williams between them. Yes, I think it's going to be very English-country-garden this year. The morning glories will use the larkspur as trellises, so I don't have to put out any more fishing line.
I think I'm going to enjoy the garden this year. I may even get around to doing something with the backyard, which I pretty much totally ignored last year. I should go check and see if my hostas are coming up yet.
I need a small mum to shade the feet of my clematis. It's doing beautifully, btw, lots of leaves beginning to cover the lower part of the trellis. This will be the year I start to get substantial blossoms on it, I think. I'm going to have to be vigorous about eliminating extra morning glories, otherwise the clematis will get overwhelmed. Those morning glories are definitely glorious - and since they're shaded in the afternoon, they're often glorious for much of the day - but man are they invasive.
Also in the side garden, my lavendar is doing well, the dwarf sweet william is creeping along nicely, and the purple sage is popping up. The peony, while much smaller than other people's, is still respectably alive. The columbine has self-seeded all over that garden, so I have to decide how much I'm going to leave there. It's lovely, so I may let it go all English-country-garden on me. The nasturtium will look lovely around all that columbine and purple sage and lavendar.
I still don't know where I'm going to put the stella d'oro lily. And I'm still debating what to do with the garden extension I'd tentatively planned. I like the veronica I planted last year; it's covered in purple flowers and is creeping into the grass, and since it's much prettier than grass, that's fine by me. I do know I'm planting some tall larkspur against the porch, and a couple of bushy sweet williams between them. Yes, I think it's going to be very English-country-garden this year. The morning glories will use the larkspur as trellises, so I don't have to put out any more fishing line.
I think I'm going to enjoy the garden this year. I may even get around to doing something with the backyard, which I pretty much totally ignored last year. I should go check and see if my hostas are coming up yet.