Today I started working on the bamboo that we have in several spots as screening along the fences. The winter snowstorms break many of the bamboo stalks because they’re evergreen and brittle, and the weight of the snow lays them flat. Branches from deciduous trees fall on them and break the stalks or flatten them. Some of the stalks, I can just push back upright, but most of the downed stalks need to be cut off and either taken away or just left on site after being cut up. Because those areas of the property are semi-wild, I don’t mind leaving the debris to be naturally recycled. I hope to do the last section tomorrow.
New blooms: rhododendron [our first, a red one], chestnut, leucothoe.
The incredible whiteness of being azalea.
Leucothoe flowers could pass for blueberries or lily of the valley. but the plants are so different.
First rhododendron.
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