Some Pink Things

Loropetalum foliage in the morning light, front garden

The first rose on the new pink double rose bush in the front
garden (no cultivar name, generic plant from Waldemart)

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Spring Is Like, Springing. And Stuff.

Not much going on in the garden right now, aside from dead things coming alive, which is pretty much in the awesome category.

(In the creepy category:  watching June bugs crawling their way up to the surface of the soil from eggs buried beneath, like things back from the dead; then watching them dry and harden in the sun and finally take off to look for a mate, knowing they'll last little more than 72 hours).

Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinensis) beginning to bloom in my front garden. 

The first Vinca flower, in the hanging baskets on my front porch.  I'm happy to report that these baskets wintered quite
nicely tucked into the very-overgrown front garden, and never once had to come inside. 

There's also a new rose bush in the front garden, but there are no photos, because it just looks like sticks as of yet.  I hope it does well.  It's an "El Toro", which is a soft-red hybrid tea. The packaging says it's got a lovely fragrance; but everything I'm seeing online says it has no fragrance at all.  We'll see.


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A Weekend of Gardening: Saturday

Holy crud, I did a lot of work in the yard this weekend!

Front Yard and Garden

• Mowed the yard
• Hoed and weeded the front garden bed
• Planted the Fernleaf Lavender in the front bed, that's been in a pot on the porch for weeks
• Found a wee elm tree in the front bed!  Hooray for volunteer trees! 
• Cut down a big, overgrown Gorizia Rosemary in the front yard that was in. The. Way.  In the process, I discovered SIX clones that had layered themselves off the main plant!  I moved one to the back yard, and heeled in the other five to give to friends.  

This was basically a giant Yarrow patch before.  

Fernleaf Lavender (Lavandula multifida)

The first roses and buds of the year. These start out yellow, then ripen to a pretty pale cream. 

Goodbye, Rosemary.  

Rosemary clones heeled in to open space in the front bed, awaiting pickup. 

More tomorrow!


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