We returned from a trip to England in May 16 to find the garden looking lush and glorious! And it looks better every day. This is such a great time for the garden: It looks beautiful, there is promise of much more in coming months, and there is not much deadheading yet.
We've spent hours in the creek cleaning out weeds and watercress. The birds are so happy to have a nice place for drinks and baths! Can you see the bird in these pictures I took today?
The kalmia (mountain laurel) is covered in blooms, and the Cornus Kousa (dogwood) is in full bloom:
I'm happy with how the upper stream area is coming along. The doublefile viburnum finished blooming vacation, but the hillside is still looking good.
Rose garden:
Perennial bed on other side of rose garden. I planted the delphinium last year and am happy to see them return so nicely.
The big garden job now is pulling out crabgrass from the lawn. We've been hand-pulling out the individual weeds. I usually start with the flowering section, then rake through with my fingers to get where each plant is spreading. This leaves the "good grass" in the lawn. We work on it for 30 - 60 minutes at a time. It will be an ongoing process - probably never-ending, but hopefully much less as we go on. Next year, I'll look into an early application of a corn gluten based pre-emergent weed suppressant.
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