chattycarnation's Blog

THat Quack grass is taking over!! Oh my gosh, I have spent hours out in one of my flower beds loosening the soil and pulling out grass and 18 inch runners!! What a mess!! That is what I get for not going out during the buffalo gnat days.. and you cannot just put round up on it because is goes everywhere and around the roots of all your other plants..and when I went out today.. the first thing I did was dig into an ants nest!! I swear the critters are out to get me.!!

If if were not for my annuals I would not have a lot blooming yet, my penstemon and verbena, but the day lillies are about ready and my orientals, the canna and dahlia have buds and all iris has gone by now. What perennials do you have blooming in your garden right now?

This has been a wierd spring.. things that should blooming are behind and things that should not , have already bloomed! That last really cold spell we had in April killed a lot of my plants..guilardia, all 4 of my butterfly bushes :(, a lot of my iris were set back, my hydrangeia, and many other things that I used to rely on, also lost some hardy hibiscus and a couple of clematis. So I have lots of replacing to do.