In the 60's for the past two days and just loving it! Supposed to be in the 60's-70's all next week. Did run a lot of errands today, but I did spend some time strolling around the yard. The daffodils I planted last fall are finally showing color. I planted about 25 new ones and they are the ones that are ready to pop any day. And as for the daffodils from previous years, I see just a spattering of them here and there. I think I lost a lot of daffs this past winter. This past winter was very cold and snowy. Either they succumbed to the elements or critters may have eaten them. Oh, well. I'll just plant more this coming fall.
I did have other losses. I lost all my lavender plants and most of my lambs ear ... sigh.
Thumbs up though for my 4 peony bushes! Right now the red tips are starting to get taller and leaf out. Bleeding hearts are nice and leafy ... bee balm is greening up from the bottom ... forsythia blooming ... irs coming up ... and red yarrow springing up nicely. Columbine, yellow daylilies, and 2 clematis bushes coming along nicely.
My winter/spring sowing showing a lot of sprouts! They are tiny but I've got snapdragons, cleome, lemon mint, poppies, gaillardia, candytuft, catnip, bachelor buttons, and alyssum all doing fine. I alslo have shirley poppies I direct sowed outside starting to sprout. I planted them in my mailbox garden.
About 2 weeks ago I planted some freesia corms in a large pot and kept it under a plastic dome to conserve heat and keep it from getting water logged. I grew them last year, but had a problem with them rotting from too much water when it rained. I'm hoping with the warmer temps next week they will start pushing up green tips within the next 2 weeks. Today, I also planted out some dwarf gladiolus bulbs in a large pot. It will probably be quite awhile for them to start growing. I think I'm going to cover them for awhile like I did with the freesia.
I'm hoping that next week it will be warm enough to put my mini rose bushes and amaryllis plants outside for their summer vacation. I have one mini rose bush that's 3 years old now that I keep outside all summer, and then and I put it in my garage for the winter. I originally had 6. As an experiment I had decided I was going to try over wintering one and plant the rest in the ground. Sadly, the 5 I had planted outside didn't survive the winter.
With the amaryllis plants, I'll keep them outside all summer and then begin to let them go dormant starting in late August. After the leaves start to dry up, I'll cut them back and let the plants sit in a dark, cool closet (still in their pots) for about 2 months or so. Hopefully, they will start to regrow around late October/early November and I can force them into bloom for Christmas.
Boy, have I been rambling on and on and on ....
All I can say is ........................... the blasted Winter is OVER! FINALLY! WOOT! WOOT!
Discussions:
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Daffs are tough by LysmachiaMoon | May 2, 2015 9:03 AM | 0 |
Post a new thread about this blog entry:
