Here in the lower Southeastern US, the weather is definitely turned summer like. We will be in the 90’s this weekend. The night time lows are upper 50’s. The humidity is rising as the plant life become more abundant and larger while putting off all that water vapor.
Unfortunately, that is also accompanied by less frequent rainfall so watering becomes a more frequent task. The mulch that has been put down and attention to weeding this spring has successfully decreased the amount of weeding.
I have been harvesting some vegetables this week including white and yellow onion, potatoes and a good crop of blueberries from the 3 bushes that I have.
The red potatoes are a Norland variety. They have been served as a potato salad which was very tasty. The middle plant is a hardy begonia whose name has been lost. The clematis is large and showy but it too shall remain nameless.
The Sega palm on the left is a surprise. We are located a little too far north to have this one in the ground but we did. Each spring it appeared done for but always revived and spread its feathery branches. After the dreadful cold snap of December, it surely seemed this was dead. We dug it up and placed 4 sections in containers like this one. To our surprise, three of the four have sent up shoots and are very much alive. The plan is to move the containers indoors whenever there is freezing cold weather.
The hydrangeas were grown from cuttings. Of 24 cuttings that we planted, we have 5 thriving survivors. Success!
The final photo is a butterfly on the milkweed. That is another great success.
Hope you are enjoying your garden.
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What a beautiful time of the year! We’ve just hit Winter down under
Congratulations on your Hydrangea cuttings and palm rescue. It was a tough winter for so many plants and we have been counting the losses, too. I’m afraid that it may be a tough summer, too, with lots of heat and sporadic rain. We have a similar hardy Begonia that was sold as Begonia grandis ‘Heron’s Pirouette’. There are several cultivars out there now, and all such a joy because they return so faithfully and multiply so well. Happy June!
Nice Pearl Crescent! My A tuberosa is just forming visible buds, so it will be a while yet before I have butterflies visiting, but it is looking great! Just planted last year – I lost my first attempt two years ago so was wondering if the conditions were not quite right, but I think it is fine. I have seen a couple of Red Admirals and Silver Spotted Skippers so for this year, and the ubiquitous cabbage whites that were flying around in late March, eating what, I do not know! Hot and dry here as well. Some small patcheds of “abnormally dry” in eastern WI on the drought map. I take that back, I had apparently not checked this week’s map. Two thirds of the state, including all of Dane County is abnormally dry. Tell me something I don’t know! The lawn is yellow and crunchy until rains come! Glad I am not a farmer! I am dreaming of rain!
Love that butterfly photo! <3