The previous day I replaced a gatepost. I hadn’t used the post-hole digger for a few years, but remembered that it is for removing dirt from the hole that has been chopped up with the bar, not actually for digging.
Today I started rebuilding the path through the allée of cherry trees. The path was torn up by the removal of the huge, dying ash tree last fall. I found some additional flagstones in the yard and am extending the path. The loss of the ash was horrible, but does give us a chance to add new trees to the allée. Cutting holes in the lawn for the new flags provides turf to fill the holes dug in the lawn by the pieces of falling ash tree crashing to the ground.
New blooms: apple, blueberry, deutzia, gill-over-the-ground, yellow lamium, Chinese snowball viburnum, Kwanzan cherry.
Trout lily, standing tall at 2inches, is probably named for the spotted, fish shaped leaves.
Bleeding hearts were out early, then nipped by the frost and are now back.
Apple blossoms awaiting pollinators.
Blueberry - one of several little, white bell-shaped flowers.
Yellow lamium is a complex little flower. The brown markings guide the pollinator to the flower's throat while the hairs on the umbrella deposit the pollen. This plant grows to 6 or 8 inches and is a nice ground cover.
Chinese snowball viburnum is the first viburnum to bloom, has a very sweet aroma and a lot of red accents.
For red, try currant. Notice the white centers.
Kwanzan cherry just opening.
Gill-over-the-ground. mostly a nuisance, was imported by European colonists who saw it as medicinal for something or other. It has another little curious flower.
Barberry has no hint of the red berry color in the cream-colored flowers.
Another pic of the trout lily, the whole plant will be dormant in a few days.
No comments:
Post a Comment