A survey of the garden today reveals a significant advance this week. More shrubs that were damaged by December’s flash freeze are showing signs of new growth. This is noticeable with the lorapetalum, azaleas and now finally the gardenias and camellias. What a relief! I was not looking forward to replacing so many shrubs.
I planted tomatoes this week which I hope was not too brave a move. The onions are doing well and so are the potatoes. Even a few beets that survived the winter are showing signs of being mature soon. The ground temperature was 55 degrees F yesterday so I am holding off on some caladium bulbs.
Here are this weeks photos.
I have three hostas to show you. I am unsure of the upper left and lower center but the lower left is called guacamole. That lower center hosta shows some signs of slug damage so I treated it with diatomaceous earth. Hope that helps.
Upper middle is a pointsettia that I saved several years ago and kept in my cold frame. It just recently showed signs of festive colors. Better late than never.
Upper right is a magnificent daylily. Cultivar is unknown but it is beautiful whatever is its name.
The lower right is a Japanese persimmon which I acquired several years ago. This is the first year that it has set fruit. I am very pleased because the fruit is delicious.
Join our Six on Saturday crowd tomorrow if you are in the neighborhood. It is curated by Jim Stephens. The link is https://gardenruminations.co.uk/.
Happy Gardening!!
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Those Hostas look great, I’ve never had much success with them as the slugs and snails eat them too fast.
The poinsettia looks amazing, very confusing to see it looking so colourful in May!
Is the diatomaceous earth supposed to deter the slugs & snails or kill them off?
It deters them. The raspy consistency of the product repels them.