After such a long drawn out winter it is such a pleasure to see everything growing and greening up. There were a few early flowers to show their pretty faces, the bearded irises and tiny lamium are one of them.
Early June was filled with garden prep, a lot of digging and planting.
June 3: I planted an herb pot on the deck: dill, cilantro, thyme, marjoram, tarragon and basil., most of which I had started from seed in the greenhouse.
June 5: I planted 6 bean plants into the raised garden beds which I had bought at WalMart garden Centre since my own beans didn't want to cooperate. I also planted out some dill which can be pretty finicky to move.
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| Lamium |
June 6: I dug up and moved some small rogue hollyhocks to the far left corner of the Side of House bed. (Gave one to Wendy W.) I also planted a nice looking echinacea coneflower at the side of the house. It's called Cheyenne Spirit and should bloom pink. (As of July 9 the blossoms haven't opened yet.)
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| Rock Garden: Dianthus, May Night sage and more |
Also in early June, I planted a new, unusual perennial called a beard tongue at the side of the house, a version called "Blackbeard" which I got at the Tail Creek Greenhouse. It had some spikes of small light purple flowers. And also 2 Blackeyed Susans since all of mine had died there.
No Clematises. :(
More June 6: I dug out my dead Morden Belle bush and replaced it with a new rose bush called Grootendorst Supreme at the side of the house. It gets red carnationlike flowers, zone 3, and is supposed to bloom in early to mid summer. So far it has a few buds. It looks hardy, so hopefully next year it will come up and bloom earlier.
I bought a new Winnipeg Parks rose at the end of June (from Can Tire in Camrose) and it has a lot of pretty buds on it which started to open. They were at the bottom of the bush, hanging onto the soil, but looking so lovely that I clipped them off and brought them inside to put in a vase to enjoy.
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Winnipeg Parks rose buds |
From Round Angel Bed, I dug out a Cranesbill perennial (for Chris W), some white daisies and Anemonies for KR.
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| First Hansa rose of the season June 29/18 |
Baby Spruce trees
My yard spruces have been spreading their seedlings all of the round bed and triangle bed. I usually leave a few to grow although it takes several years. This year I had six spruce babies (6 to 8 inch) to give away to neighbours and friends.
My sweet peas are hanging in there, still tiny, not growing much, but so far so good.
Lots of watering and weeding in the last few weeks. Not much rain other than the occasional little shower.
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| June 21, 2018 |
The deck pots are looking good, but require watering at least once a day in this hot weather. The Sun Solaria is dying though. It's in a pot with poor drainage and that's not good for them.
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| Baby Pink peony transplanted from shaded wild bed |
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| Julia Rose Peony |
The Peonies are growing and I'm happy to say that the 2 in my triangle bed have 6 or 7 buds each. Doesn't sound like much to those people who have had peonies for a long time and get dozens of buds, but I am pleased with that considering I haven't had much luck with planting and blooming of peonies in the past.
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| Karl Rosenfeld Peony |
I planted a new peony at the side of the hose this year (along with all the other aformentioned plantings there). It looked healthy and hopefully it will bloom next year (if I didn't plant it too deep.). It is called Karl Rosenfeld peony. (From PJ's Plantation greenhouse). I think the flowers are supposed to be a dark pink/ red. Crossing my fingers it will bloom some time in the near future!
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| Daisies and wild roses June 27 |
Happy gardening! :D
