6-19-20 VERMONT: The weather is hot again, but still very dry. The grass is starting to brown in spots, and I have been watering every day, and weeding also. The weeds don’t care if it’s hot or cold, wet or dry, they thrive anywhere.
I did more planting after a visit to Gardner Supply. I added a milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, to the lower wall bed, Himalayan fleeceflower, Persicaria affinis ‘Superba’, and Lobelia cardinalis ‘New Moon Maroon’ to the upper wall bed. I put a bee balm, Monarda fistulosa ‘Clare Grace’ in the east old-chimney bed and two more primrose, Primula denticulata, in the new brook along with a boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum. I also planted those two red oaks, Quercus rubra, near the new pond. That swampy area has almost dried up, finally.
New blooms: peony, showy lady slipper, lady’s mantle, fence roses, baptisia, dianthus, bearded iris, knapweed, purple avens.
Peony, the Prom Queen of flowers.
Bearded Iris, again, three sets of three petals-upright, dependent and horizontal. The pollinator dives into the nectar in the well between the lower and middle sets of petals, where the beard is.
Knapweed, cousin to bachelor buttons.
Siberian Iris, same design as above, the white and yellow striped area guides the pollinator to a soft landing.
Showy Lady Slipper, another candidate for Prom Queen.
On the terrace, a mix of day lily, columbine and bleeding heart.
I did more planting after a visit to Gardner Supply. I added a milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, to the lower wall bed, Himalayan fleeceflower, Persicaria affinis ‘Superba’, and Lobelia cardinalis ‘New Moon Maroon’ to the upper wall bed. I put a bee balm, Monarda fistulosa ‘Clare Grace’ in the east old-chimney bed and two more primrose, Primula denticulata, in the new brook along with a boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum. I also planted those two red oaks, Quercus rubra, near the new pond. That swampy area has almost dried up, finally.
New blooms: peony, showy lady slipper, lady’s mantle, fence roses, baptisia, dianthus, bearded iris, knapweed, purple avens.
Peony, the Prom Queen of flowers.
Bearded Iris, again, three sets of three petals-upright, dependent and horizontal. The pollinator dives into the nectar in the well between the lower and middle sets of petals, where the beard is.
Knapweed, cousin to bachelor buttons.
Siberian Iris, same design as above, the white and yellow striped area guides the pollinator to a soft landing.
Showy Lady Slipper, another candidate for Prom Queen.
On the terrace, a mix of day lily, columbine and bleeding heart.
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