This evening in our world...
Jun. 7th, 2007 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahmichelefWe gave the shrubberies a haircut. A really serious haircut. The ornamental cherry is about 2/3 of its former self, and much less scraggly and uneven; M pulled down the vines that were climbing the house and did a bunch of other pruning. Bound up the big sticks and stashed them next to the house. M also almost finished pulling out the violets that were threatening to take over the pachysandra on the side of the house. I saved a handful and have them in a cup in water in hopes of rooting them and turning them into a houseplant.
I also want to do some research on taking cuttings of rhodedendrons. We have one in the back yard that's not doing well and I'd like to maybe move it or get a cutting started to put one in someplace else. (Oooh... there's a shrub by the back porch that's dying & needs to be taken out... maybe we could put a rhody there!)
Our astilbe are going like crazy, and will be blooming within the week. And the swamp plants (we can't remember what they're called) are at least as big as they got last year - a good 2', maybe 2 1/2 (they're about 4' at maturity). TRex's garden is going like crazy, too. The coleus are doing really well; the gerberas are done but still pretty and green, and the begonias are begonia-like.
I also want to do some research on taking cuttings of rhodedendrons. We have one in the back yard that's not doing well and I'd like to maybe move it or get a cutting started to put one in someplace else. (Oooh... there's a shrub by the back porch that's dying & needs to be taken out... maybe we could put a rhody there!)
Our astilbe are going like crazy, and will be blooming within the week. And the swamp plants (we can't remember what they're called) are at least as big as they got last year - a good 2', maybe 2 1/2 (they're about 4' at maturity). TRex's garden is going like crazy, too. The coleus are doing really well; the gerberas are done but still pretty and green, and the begonias are begonia-like.
