Our climate keeps me busy: where I walk the doggie walk at 6 am in wintercoat and with a woolly hat on, I carry watering cans in my t-shirt at 10 am to make certain my newly planted Lathyrus will not wither before they've had a chance to climb up the obelisks. Never a dull moment!
I had such trouble to dig plant holes! The soil is hard as a rock already. My spade did not get through, so in the end I used my hori-hori knife to make a hole
I planted two perennial Latifolius 'Pink Pearl'. Fingers crossed they will survive! They'll look gorgeous against that black obelisk, and against the silver grey fronds of the Artichokes as well.
The Kiwi has established well and has grown. It has started winding itself around my frame. But I noticed the newly planted Iberia sempervivens next to the path is struggling...sigh.
In between my single orange tulips there is one double.
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Periwinkle and Geranium |
That Geranium was one of the first plants I put in my garden in 2021, and it has taken the soil into its stride. Such a cheerful, easy, no-nonsense plant!
Frost? Don't care. Scorching sun? Bring it on! Under water for more than a week? As if it had a snorkel. No rain for months? No problem.
Right, I hope you'll have a good weekend, wherever you are, and that the weather treats you kindly.
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