Summer Is Rolling Along - Wettest Summer On Record!

Are in the middle of summer right now and I've been trying to enjoy it as much as I can. Flowers are thriving thanks to one fo the wettest summers we've as a result I have not had to drag hose around watering flowers. I must admit that dragging hose around watering is not one of my favorite things about gardening.

My garden has been blooming continuously; everything from wild sage, to knockouts to hydrangeas has been doing absolutely beautiful. Usually at this time of the year, our grass is yellow because o fthe summer heat, no this year! I must say I've come to appreciate summer rain!

Without further ado, please enjoy the embedded video and the following summer pictures:

Backyard

Spring 2013 Continues

Coreopsis Grandiflora

Spring 2013 is progressing well in my garden. My front yard is doing very well! Knockouts are in full bloom, my Drakensberg Gerberas are doing well too. Finally my Coreopsis Grandiflora is blooming. Shaded side yard with rhododendrons is doing very well. For the first time my rhododendrons are blooming more and more; this makes me happy because I love those flowers.

 Backyard is not where near I thought it would be at this time of the year. The trees are eating up all the nutrients in the shade garden to the deprivation of the plants around them. And it gets more sun that I would like; this means sun-loving plants don't do as well and shade-loving plants don't do as well too. In fact, this has been a problem in many parts of my garden. I know that there are part-sun plants but even those do no get enough sun to thrive. Then there is soil that I used around the trees. It was topsoil bought at the garden center. It does not hold water and it is not fertile. I've tried mulching it which has made a bit of a difference. I hope by next year it will be more loamy.

I also planted some shade-loving plants today. I am looking forward to their blooms. I planted pink Astible and Hydrangeas.

Daylily

Goldmound Spirea

Drakensberg Gerbera

Spring 2013

It is always exciting to see new growth and early spring bloomers every year! My garden is coming along very well; plants are starting to fill up and many are sprouting off the ground. This is year two of my garden project. Although I lost quite a number of plants last year because of my absence during summer months, I see a lot of new growth this year and that gives me hope.