I’M TIRED OF THIS WEATHER, EXCEPT -----

The florescence this year is spectacular.  Many plants are blooming at the same time because  the early bloomers got a late start.  The daffodils, tulips, azaleas, rhododendron, forsythia, magnolia, crabapple, ornamental pear, all were caught up in a frenzy of blooming free -for -all.  Due to the cool nights and days, with plenty of moisture, many blossoms remained much longer than usual.  

Did you notice the lilacs?  Bushes were overflowing with heavy flower heads.  The colors  were amazingly bright.  Now we have peonies and iris, both have swollen buds now with some beginning their showy beauty.

The big plant sales have come, most have gone.  Were you ready to plant what you brought home or did you even go knowing your planting areas weren’t ready to be occupied?

Rain, rain, you are wonderful for the trees, the yards.  We needed this watery time – but I’m still tired of getting soaked on short notice most every time I try to work outside.  I’m not a “mudder”.  Slopping around in wet grass, working in wet soil isn’t my idea of enjoyment.  It isn’t conducive to my productivity either.  Many of the community gardens have been planted in the past week two weeks.  My neighbor even has several rows of vegetables poking up to taunt me as I walk past.  You see, my seed are still in the packets, the tomato plants still sitting on the deck.

Finally the roses are leafing out.  They are getting fed and pruned between showers, even if I am getting wet.  And, the ginkgo tree did get moved.  This is the 14 inch  “stick” that I got as a freebie when I placed an order about six or seven years ago.  I stuck it in a pot, put the pot under some leaves in the winter.  Miraculously it lived and grew.  The pot ended up forgotten in the hedge row.  A couple of years ago I realized I actually had a decent ginkgo tree.  I trimmed it, watered it, feed it hoping to keep it healthy for some future use.

A replacement tree was needed in the front yard.  What a perfect place for my orphan stick.  My tree got transplanted a couple of weeks ago.  So far, with all the rain and cool nights, it is looking quite healthy.  Ginkgos are slow growers.  They are generally disease free, a sturdy tree that can live hundreds of years.  They have an interesting leaf pattern.  This tree is a real favorite of mine. It is really too soon to tell, but maybe I’m not so tired of this crazy weather if it means my special ginkgo tree will live.