I learn more about gardening

So last year I learned about roses, how and when to trim them, feed them, water them without splashing, etc. I'm feeling reasonably confident about the roses this year. Oh and the peonies look great too. I think they're fine this year (almost ready to explode, I mean bloom), but I'm going to have to read up on whether they need dividing or not. They're getting pretty wide bases where all the stems come up.


This year, I learned about tulips. As in, they are not weeds, so don't pull them. It turns out, we have several beautiful tulips. All we had to do was leave them alone!

We also fixed up our front yard entry area. When we moved in there was a horrible giant blobby bush that blocked the view to and from our front door. I got rid of that last year, but hadn't put anything pretty there yet.

So Chris planted some pretty new plants: a fuschia, a little dogwood tree, another camellia, and some white flowery things (hey, I'm still learning).




I took charge of the planter barrel. I planted a red heuchera, a red and green variegated heuchera, a couple of boy-girl plants (they have both pink and blue flowers; I think they're also called lungwort), and some pretty trailing groundcovers with blue and periwinkle flowers. There already was a fern in the middle for height, but I'm not sure that's going to make it.


The camellia is doing quite well with beautiful flowers. I'm not sure if they will all bloom, because they're quite crowded. I think we're going to have to thin out the middle next winter.

I'll keep you posted on further adventures in gardening!