Did some digging around in the mulch this morning, depressing. Lost a lot more roses than I thought. Can't tell if they just didn't make it through my winter or if I accidentally killed them with kindness by smothering them with too much mulch. But, on average, this is what my back yard roses look like. This is Novelty, thanks to Zuzu & Sue.
Only Hansa in the back yard is showing any signs of buds. Definitely lost at least 1 of the Palatine roses I ordered for this year (I think Lady X). Almost everyone else is barely putting on some leaves finally. I really need to go out there & start digging the roses out from the mulch.. otherwise I won't have ANYTHING this year. I think for every one rose I lose I'm putting in a salvia. Can't kill them, no matter how hard you try. LOLL
But some of my mini's are getting ready to open! Yay!
Winter Magic & Rise N Shine
Bee's Knees & Vista
My "Blue Star" (Amsonia) is blooming for the first time ever. I'm really disappointed in this plant. I was expecting a lot more blue, not a bluish white. And the fall foliage isn't all that & a bag of potato chips unlike what it's always advertised...
But I do love my tradescantia. Can't kill this stuff, grows like a weed, spreads nicely, blooms forever.. never had a flower that blooms only in sunlight. You can actually watch (slowly) the blooms open when the sun hits the buds!! Yes, I have NO life if I can sit there & watch a damned flower open up, but I thought it was so fascinating!
Sweet Kate & Concorde Grape Tradescantia
And the salvias are going full blast. Here's my Electric Blue penstemon (foreground) with May Night salvia (background)
And my native Rock Penstemon are blooming.
