I’ve been annoyed with myself for years for the poor placement of a very pretty grass, so I moved it today to create a vignette with the butterfly bush.
Laura and I sat in on the Evening in the Garden, which was about:
- perennials (prune vigorously to give them light and air; keep your shears sharpened; avoid new species in their first year; create an easy to maintain border).
- iris: Siberians like water, the rest don’t, so plant in full sun; use bone meal; pick off gone-bys and ugly leaves and roots.
- hydrangeas: tough year for Hydrangea macrophylla like our big ones in the front; prune back the dead stems. We saw a gardener divide a massive, 300 pound hydrangea root ball that looked like an underground tree trunk with a recipro saw.
Wrote to WCAI and The Enterprise about the shenanigans at the SPEA. Found a sympathetic ear online and across the street!
Splurged on Roche Bros prepared salads for supper: so good!