With all sorts of chores and tons of rain we haven't been able to work in the yard much. Today we got quite a bit done. Dan mowed the yard and did weed wacking after his last weekend to coach baseball.
I put landscape fabric in the pathways of the veggie garden and then put pinestraw on the paths and the rows, too. Tomorrow I need to spread out the okra and rearrange the cages around the tomatoes. Also, I have a few more baby Roma tomatoes to put out...I grew them from seed. The roses around the veggie bed are looking wonderful. I get excited thinking about the climbing roses getting big and spreading out over the fence.
I pulled the pansies in the front bed, but left the Gaura (it is a perennial). I replaced the pansies with pretty white impatiens. I also got some sun coleus. It is - from outside to inside - lime green, yellow, hot pink. Very nice. This is the first year I have ever planted this annual, but I was inspired by my friend Lori. She is just getting the gardening bug and liked this plant. I put it in the yellow and pink bed - about 36 of them. In this same bed I planted some lilies (last night really). Creamy Yellow Asiatic Lilies - about 25 of them. I am excied about them. I had some Asiatic lilies at another house, and this guy, Joe, brought one into work last year and they just smell heavenly. Plus, a Phlox Paniculata Shortwood (pink). This and the lilies don't even have foliage yet, so I will show pictures to you later. OH YEAH. I love Creeping Jenny and just have never bought it. Well, I bought a little quart today. In that bed, in a pot, I put 3 cloeus and then took the Jenny and divided it into 3 pieces and put it in the pot so that it hangs over the edge. I am pleased with it - I just have to remember to water it.
At Lowe's was a new Hosta - Whorlwind. It was kinda small but I got it and planted it in the front walk bed on the other side of the Heuchera than the other hosta. This will kinda balance it out.
I am planning on working the back Hydrangea area tomorrow, but I worked on it a little today. I planted 3 tuberous begonia, 3 Peach Blossom Astilbe (these are more like pink than peach and I got them for the pink and yellow bed but I wanted so more color in the back), and Claridge Druce pink geranium. So, the other thing I worked on was re-arranging the Hydrangea. I took the largest of them (not as they are now, but those that will eventually be the largest) and in the back of the fence I planted them so that they frame a walkway into the main part of the garden. This included adding a few other Hydangea that I had gotten in the mail a ways back but not planted yet. H. paniculata 'Unique' went into the walkway area. And to fill the holes left when I dug up the other walkway ones, I planted H.m. 'Beaute Vendomoise' (which has HUGE flowers - some of tha largest), H. q. 'Snow Queen' and a dwarf H. m. 'Hornli'. There are a few more holes so tomorrow I will plant the other Hydangeas I got at Aldridge gardens. Also, the big project will be to put down some landscae fabric and then pinestraw a large part of the area and put pine bark mulch down in the path ways. There is no way I will get it all done tomorrow but I will work till I am out of materials.
OK, so then....I took a shower and then a 2 hour nap in the hammock. THAT WAS GREAT. Then dan and I went on a motorcycle ride for a few hours. It was so nice. And I came back and filled the bird-feeders up with seed. I got a new one that suctions to the window. I hope they come to it.
OK, more tomorrow. And I will take pictures of things then.