I put in an Endless Summer hydrangea in my front door garden two years ago. It came through this winter quite well and promptly started filling out with shoots and the richly green, heart shaped leaves that are characteristic of hydrangeas. Last year the blooms were not a very deep blue because I don’t do […]
shrubs
Time to prune Mugo pines
Pruning this Shrub I started the other day: hand pruning the Mugo pines by cutting off the new candles midway down. Neglected it the past few years and my -now- small trees are spreading more than I like. So I just started snipping and finished 3/4 of one and will get them both done this […]
Beauty Bush, Kolkwitzia amabilis
While out shopping, of course I couldn’t resist checking out the sale shrubs that were left in a store that happens to have a very fine nursery during the growing season (). There were very few to pick from, but lo, and behold, a shrub that I had wanted to obtain for years: Beauty Bush. […]
October Day in the Life
It has been very cool, with frosts in the mornings this past week. The asters were somewhat disappointing this year due to whatever frizzled up the foliage and flowers. The garden has been lush due to all the rains, but some things don’t much like this. Petunias are very sorry looking without the usual Midwestern […]
