Garden Update
Mar. 26th, 2006 06:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianCrocus really are multiplying, still in their small little local areas. Maybe next fall I'll plant a bunch more, probably scattering them even more. The first round I planted in groups of three, but given the way they spread, they'll do better in single spots.
Greens from the bluebells, grape hyacinth, iris, and Rachel's tulips have appeared - hopefully the bluebells and tulips will actually bloom this year. One of the elderberries is also showing some low green growth - hopefully it will remain unnoticed until I get the sprayer and can apply the anti-rodentdeer juice.
The black pussy willow - which gets hit pretty hard by the rodents - actually put out a single, dark, velvety catkin. We'll see if the spray treatment can keep the deer from eating all the buds this year - since it's inedible (to us,) it was treated last year with the 2-year systemic tablets, and they did nothing to disuade deer from the tasty leaves, buds, and stems.
Nothing planted yet for this season - still a bit early for that. Not much actually planned - a test order from a nursery I haven't tried before (hemlock for hiding the highway, some winterberry holly for bird feeding, some sycamore because they're beautiful, and two evergreens for the foundation) and a Forest Farm order that mostly completes the backbone plantings for the foundation (evergreens for the front and oakleaf hydrangea, English laurel, and fothergilla for the back) as well as a clump of ornamental grass to help spruce up (and hide) the not-yet-a-meadow sand mound/septic access.
As always (lately,) if anyone cares to contribute to the garden, they can - if you want to share native plants or certain non-natives, I'm open to that (and can offer up oaks and red maples in exchange - I'm not quite ready to part with blueberries, witch hazel, wintergreen, mountain laurels, and azalea, although that might be possible, more so in future years when things stabalize a bit more; I'd spare some ferns but I'm really not clear on the best way to share them... =) and there's always the Amazon wish list if someone just wants to buy a plant or three. Most selections on there come from Gurney's, Michigan Bulb, Henry Field's, or Spring Hill - all the same company, really - and I've planted stuff by all of them before. There's also some lawn & garden care stuff from Gardens Alive that can always come in handy.
Greens from the bluebells, grape hyacinth, iris, and Rachel's tulips have appeared - hopefully the bluebells and tulips will actually bloom this year. One of the elderberries is also showing some low green growth - hopefully it will remain unnoticed until I get the sprayer and can apply the anti-
The black pussy willow - which gets hit pretty hard by the rodents - actually put out a single, dark, velvety catkin. We'll see if the spray treatment can keep the deer from eating all the buds this year - since it's inedible (to us,) it was treated last year with the 2-year systemic tablets, and they did nothing to disuade deer from the tasty leaves, buds, and stems.
Nothing planted yet for this season - still a bit early for that. Not much actually planned - a test order from a nursery I haven't tried before (hemlock for hiding the highway, some winterberry holly for bird feeding, some sycamore because they're beautiful, and two evergreens for the foundation) and a Forest Farm order that mostly completes the backbone plantings for the foundation (evergreens for the front and oakleaf hydrangea, English laurel, and fothergilla for the back) as well as a clump of ornamental grass to help spruce up (and hide) the not-yet-a-meadow sand mound/septic access.
As always (lately,) if anyone cares to contribute to the garden, they can - if you want to share native plants or certain non-natives, I'm open to that (and can offer up oaks and red maples in exchange - I'm not quite ready to part with blueberries, witch hazel, wintergreen, mountain laurels, and azalea, although that might be possible, more so in future years when things stabalize a bit more; I'd spare some ferns but I'm really not clear on the best way to share them... =) and there's always the Amazon wish list if someone just wants to buy a plant or three. Most selections on there come from Gurney's, Michigan Bulb, Henry Field's, or Spring Hill - all the same company, really - and I've planted stuff by all of them before. There's also some lawn & garden care stuff from Gardens Alive that can always come in handy.
