Cindi - You know, I was thinking about you & Larry (in Iowa) last night when we had some storms brewing up.. I knew that they were gonna be HORRIBLE because it was so warm & humid here (really out of the ordinary for us.. the humidity). I knew it was gonna be bad.. I'm so glad that your house didn't get blown away! You sure it wasn't a microburst? Yikes!!! The electric Blue penstemon is a pretty hardy little plant & spreads nicely, so be aware of that.. most penstemons do spread (at least for me they do). Found mine @ Home Depot last year (not all.. I had some previous to that). You want some? I'd be happy to send you some..
We had some wicked lightning storms last night.. popping so often that it was almost like a strobe light. But we got about 1/2" of rain out of it, which is wonderful. Transplanted a little bitty maple from the west side of the house to the east side where it can grow & spread. I had lost my Golden Chain tree (which SUCKED) with that last snow we got (it had started to wake up & ZAP! was dead from about 6" above the ground), so put the maple in it's spot. Was worried that I had lost my Golden Rain tree too. I don't want to dig that up because Osiris is there and I don't want to disturb him. That's another thing I shouldn't be worrying about, but I am.. what if I have to sell my property & the new owners start to dig & find all kinds of kitty bones everywhere.. I wonder how long it takes for a cat to decompose? Freyja has been gone the longest.. Feb 2011, then Wolfgang (but he's in a cookie tin in the house), then Osiris, then Vasillia, then Raiden, so they haven't been in ground for *that* long. I put everyone pretty deep... at minimum 2.5' down as I knew I was going to be putting something above them and that plant needs room, so Osiris is probably 3.5' down, Raiden is also over 3' down as I really had to reach down to put him in (Princess de Monaco is above him, & Silverado is above Vasillia).
Great, shouldn't be thinking about them while at work...
Anyways, one of my roses in the front reverted to Dr. Huey I think. I only see sprawling canes rather than normal thick canes (that's how I tell here). Have to wait for them to bloom before I can determine 100% of course. Hansa is blooming a single bloom and HoneySweet has a big fat bud on it.
Not the prettiest rose in the garden, but the scent! *swoon*
Got a few more irises blooming.. I love irises. Love the fact that they're true blue!
