David ...
I feel like I am growing a lot of roses in the midst of a weed patch. Altho' there is not one bloom or bud to be seen on any of the roses. On May 25th I dis-budded the whole garden when the rose curculios showed up. I'll keep it dis-budded until the end of June to keep them from breeding in my garden.
I garden on five levels and feel like I only have one bed complete. Everything else is in the "I'm workin' on it stage". I also have gobs of novice mistakes to fix, so my garden is not even close to a real garden.
A couple of shots before I dis-budded the gardens:
Backyard .. house pad level
All of the irises have to be re-sited. I thought they were dwarf bearded irises when I found them on top of the slope and moved them down to the house pad and planted them at the front of the borders. Ooops ! They turned out to be stunted tall bearded irises.
One of the street beds. The rose is not in full flush, but now has room to spread out since I made the deer fencing much larger. It sits in front of an almost vertical slope covered with variegated vinca planted back in the 60s by Mrs. J. There are some butterfly bushes in there along with some volunteer oak trees. No ... I haven't figured out how to get rid of the oaks, but they have to go.
This is part of the side yard on the house pad level above the rose in the last photo:
This is my favorite plant in that bed at the moment. Heuchera 'Amethyst Myst'
Smiles,
Lyn
