Mid-June garden update
Jun. 20th, 2011 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annualaWell, I missed the tulips by being away in England. When I got home, they were done--very done. They actually looked as if they didn't really bloom at all, had been struck down by some sort of blight. Maybe it was the slugs. Last week, I actually took up and divided the bulbs, replanting them in the torn-up area that until recently supported the forsythia. My mother took a dislike to the poor shrub and had it removed. On the bright side, I didn't have to dig a new bed to take the tulips; on the other hand, I was stuck trying to remove about 20 years' worth of forsythia roots from the ground. Ugh.
The Rosebush from Hell (TM) is blooming; I'm going to take my uncle's hedge trimmers to it in the fall, make it more manageable in size. Something's happened to my little rosebush, though; it looks as if there are only a couple of living branches on it now, only a few leaves. I'm not sure why it's like that.
I returned to find that the marjoram had taken over the herb garden. I had to remove great chunks of it in order to put in three tomato plants. Nice to know that I can grow herbs, though. I'm thinking about adding some mint at some point, but that could be dangerous. And if Mom takes out the hydrangea bush, which she's hinted at doing, I might fill the space with lavender. It'd be nice to have more room for lavender.
The lilies are coming along nicely, as are the coreopsis. The pansies and petunias in the planter boxes with the geraniums are doing well. One geranium is doing well, too. The other--not so much. No idea why. It's not even hinting that it's going to bloom.
The rhododendron is in full fluffy bloom, as are the snowball bushes, much to my surprise--the snowballs looked as if they'd got some sort of blight, as well, with the blossoms turning brown before they even opened. But they've proven me wrong, thankfully.
And underneath the snowballs, I found a lovely treat when I arrived home from England:
I didn't see any bluebells in England--they were all done--but I have English bluebells in my garden right now!
The Rosebush from Hell (TM) is blooming; I'm going to take my uncle's hedge trimmers to it in the fall, make it more manageable in size. Something's happened to my little rosebush, though; it looks as if there are only a couple of living branches on it now, only a few leaves. I'm not sure why it's like that.
I returned to find that the marjoram had taken over the herb garden. I had to remove great chunks of it in order to put in three tomato plants. Nice to know that I can grow herbs, though. I'm thinking about adding some mint at some point, but that could be dangerous. And if Mom takes out the hydrangea bush, which she's hinted at doing, I might fill the space with lavender. It'd be nice to have more room for lavender.
The lilies are coming along nicely, as are the coreopsis. The pansies and petunias in the planter boxes with the geraniums are doing well. One geranium is doing well, too. The other--not so much. No idea why. It's not even hinting that it's going to bloom.
The rhododendron is in full fluffy bloom, as are the snowball bushes, much to my surprise--the snowballs looked as if they'd got some sort of blight, as well, with the blossoms turning brown before they even opened. But they've proven me wrong, thankfully.
And underneath the snowballs, I found a lovely treat when I arrived home from England:
I didn't see any bluebells in England--they were all done--but I have English bluebells in my garden right now!
