Monday, May 20, 2013

A little heat and things are popping

We have had a cool spring.  Nice for tulips and daffodils as the bloom extends like keeping flowers in a florist cooler.  It has kept things from coming up as quickly.  One thing that I have been watching carefully is the bed with my new purple passion asparagus crowns.  With a couple days in the 80's they went from zero to six inches in a day.  I was able to start adding a bit more soil to the trench.

The rain garden is in bloom with Pulminaria, Virginia blue bells, sweet woodruff, vinca, trilliums, bleeding heart, Trollius, blood root, and forget-me-nots.  I tucked some annual Linaria and added some purple alyssum next to the white.  I also lifted some extra sweet woodruff up to share with a friend so I have a little more space in the sunny zone for annuals.

My husband is getting the trellising material together for the kiwi vines and supports to espalier the apple tree I have to plant.  Soon there will be a new raised bed for annuals along an otherwise dreary chain link fence.  I guess we haven't gotten too old yet to get a few more big projects done.

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