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| Back yard Lilacs and Tree Swallow home |
Wow, the mosquito population here is insane this spring! We have never seen this many mosquitos before. Now that out tree swallows are back followed closely by the house wrens and the gold finches, we hope that they are very hungry and will do their part in reducing the number of mosquitoes. Yay, birds!
The sun has been beaming down on us daily in a fashion more like July than May. We had a fire ban here before the long weekend because of out dryness, which was changed to a fire restriction after getting some precipitation one day. (Fire restriction meaning, no open fires, no fire works or burning permits.)
So things are starting to grow and bloom now although many are still later then usual.
I added some new plants to the shady side of the stack stone bed, (after digging out dozens of false dargon heads) an El Nino hosta (left) a small growing Juniper (right) and a red fern (top) The original hosta Sleeping Beauty (centre left) is sending up some nice shoot, The Rocket Ligularia plant doesn't show well in the photo, but it is growing well.
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| New additions to the shady end of the stack stone bed. |
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| Lamium starting to bloom |
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| Red lilies are growing well next to the Morden Ruby rose bush |
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The Morden Ruby rose is sprouting shoots but it is so late compared to the last few springs.
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Glad to see that my rose bushes are continuing to grow. Two roses don't show any signs of life yet, though, the new white JP Connell explorer rose (planted last year) and the Morden Belle (transplanted last year, which was also so slow that I had thought it was dead.)
The Morden Blush is starting to sprout, but the nicest looking rose bush is the pink John Davis, (an explorer rose), a variety that I would highly recommend!
TO DO: add bloom and bone meal to the soil around the rose bushes.
My Round angel bed is really starting to grow now. The quick fire Hydrangea shrub and the Invincible Spirit2 Hydrangea are all sprouting shoots and looking quite well thus far.
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| Quick Fire Hydrangea shrub, an easy shrub to grow |
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What would I do without my garden helpers!
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| Lots of anemones in the Round bed. This is the first to bloom! |
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| Miss Kim |
Miss Kim miniature Lilac and day lily on right
Bergenia at the shady end of the Long perennial bed:
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| Bergenia, easy to grow |
The rhubarb plants are both growing well.
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Rhubarb plant always does well
I harvested the first rhubarb on May 23 and baked some strawberry/rhubarb cream cheese squares, which are delicious. Next post will be the recipe. :) |
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| Lilacs and Swallow house in the back yard |
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| My first lilac bouquet of 2018 |
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