We had a very wet, cool start, although not as cold as last year. Cold enough, though, to kill most of the buds on the white azalea. And wet enough to cause root rot on the peonies. This is disheartening when you wait all year to see them.
The iris from my mother's garden bloomed this year; the light purple doesn't flop and the maroonish one was my grandfather's. I bought an Autumn Moon Japanese maple. Funny how when you go to plant something, the place you had in mind just doesn't work.
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| The maple is the orangey chartreuse plant. |
I got rid of the dwarf evergreen; it just never looked good after the transplant. I transplanted two boxwood out back in its place; not sure if they'll live. Ugh. At least it's not my pretty Green Mountain box. And the blue lacecap bloomed for the first time in a long time. I have a few blooms on the macrophyllas, for which I'm grateful. Last year was pretty much zero.
I have to finish transplanting stuff that I left last year - the Stella D'Oro daylily being crowded out by the Fairy Rose and the peach daylily being crowded out by the Tiger Eyes sumac. I also bought a white catmint, which I probably shouldn't have because I just read that they self-seed prolifically.
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| That's my Dusty in the background! |
