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Okay, so I finally got to work on the gardens today. Well, that's probably mis-stated, because the only thing that keeps me from working on them is my own orneriness, which seems to be out in full force. So nothing's to blame here.
Anyway, we have ten azaleas (in two separate beds of 5 pink and 5 deep rose/fuschia), a couple of hollies, 3 crepe myrtles, a redbud, 2 dogwoods, a magnolia, and a small bed of assorted lily-type bulbs. (This is the back yard. Half of the b.y. is grass and half is left in a more natural state with a few old pines, small oaks, sweet gums, and no grass.) I put out the fertilizer today and watered it in...I love working out there. The only problem is that I have to wear long pants because of the severe allergy to poison ivy and oak. And when it's hovering at 90, jeans are kind of, er, warm. So I'm thinking I'll get a couple pair of sheeting-type pants just for yard work. The crepe myrtles are just coming into bloom...our b.y. is so shady, everything blooms late. They're a terrific dark, dark magenta color, and although small, give great promise. The bulbs are sort of iffy. I had one bright red calla lily this spring, and now have some really nice sort of winy-colored day lilies coming out. Of course, it took me a while to realize that they would need supplemental watering, and I did just plant them late last year. Now with the extra water, they're doing much better, growing some healthy foliage and, I hope, storing some food for next spring. I'm really looking forward to more growth and bloom next year.
Out front, we have the dreaded pittosporum, which, don't you just know it, grows profusely and loves, just loves it here. Also some green bayberry, some stuff that turns red that I can't think of the name of now, and lots of daylilies in bright, sunshine yellow. Along one little place, I planted some gorgeous, gorgeous tiger lilies (of course, I didn't know they were tiger lilies; all these bulbs are gifts from the neighbor who lives in back of us), but I'll have to dig them up and put them out in the bulb bed when fall comes, because the rain right at that part of the house just beat them down so that they lean waaaaay over and look like tired old men. The blooms are beautiful, though.
And now my garden person has arrived with a truck bed full of hollies, some red barberry for around the mailbox, and a lot of pine straw to make everything look nice and to help keep down the weeds and to keep in moisture. Such a great day in the yard. I'm sort of all excited about it!
Edit: The unremembered plant is scarlet nandina.
Anyway, we have ten azaleas (in two separate beds of 5 pink and 5 deep rose/fuschia), a couple of hollies, 3 crepe myrtles, a redbud, 2 dogwoods, a magnolia, and a small bed of assorted lily-type bulbs. (This is the back yard. Half of the b.y. is grass and half is left in a more natural state with a few old pines, small oaks, sweet gums, and no grass.) I put out the fertilizer today and watered it in...I love working out there. The only problem is that I have to wear long pants because of the severe allergy to poison ivy and oak. And when it's hovering at 90, jeans are kind of, er, warm. So I'm thinking I'll get a couple pair of sheeting-type pants just for yard work. The crepe myrtles are just coming into bloom...our b.y. is so shady, everything blooms late. They're a terrific dark, dark magenta color, and although small, give great promise. The bulbs are sort of iffy. I had one bright red calla lily this spring, and now have some really nice sort of winy-colored day lilies coming out. Of course, it took me a while to realize that they would need supplemental watering, and I did just plant them late last year. Now with the extra water, they're doing much better, growing some healthy foliage and, I hope, storing some food for next spring. I'm really looking forward to more growth and bloom next year.
Out front, we have the dreaded pittosporum, which, don't you just know it, grows profusely and loves, just loves it here. Also some green bayberry, some stuff that turns red that I can't think of the name of now, and lots of daylilies in bright, sunshine yellow. Along one little place, I planted some gorgeous, gorgeous tiger lilies (of course, I didn't know they were tiger lilies; all these bulbs are gifts from the neighbor who lives in back of us), but I'll have to dig them up and put them out in the bulb bed when fall comes, because the rain right at that part of the house just beat them down so that they lean waaaaay over and look like tired old men. The blooms are beautiful, though.
And now my garden person has arrived with a truck bed full of hollies, some red barberry for around the mailbox, and a lot of pine straw to make everything look nice and to help keep down the weeds and to keep in moisture. Such a great day in the yard. I'm sort of all excited about it!
Edit: The unremembered plant is scarlet nandina.