I spent the entire day in the garden and it was wonderful! The weather was in the lower 60’s and cloudy so it was great weather for planting, transplanting etc…Remember those overgrown daffodils from earlier this spring that Frances told me I could divide as they were emerging? Well I finally got around to dividing them, lol. Here’s a list of what I accomplished today in the garden and just in time since it started raining:
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Divided & transplanted Daffodils into new location
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Cleaned out and moved around 2 of the birdbaths
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Repaired some cracks on the concrete birdbath
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Planted another Euonymous in front foundation bed
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Weeded & loosed mulch in front foundation bed
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Helped the neighbor decide where to plant his new shrubs
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Dug up a large patch of Grape Hyacinths that I dispersed into several areas
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Divided some other perennials like ferns & sedums to relocate to other areas
As you can see from the collage above I also took notice of all the new life emerging on some of my shrubs and perennials. Starting at the left the deep red shoots of Peony are a welcome sight. Astilbes are quickly emerging from the soil. This one is ahead of the others by at least a week. But the bottom right photo is my favorite plant in the garden for last season. It is the Hydrangea ‘Limelight”! I also noticed that his little sister ‘Pinky Winky’ which was planted last fall is getting some leaf buds on it as well. Yay April!
