The Corner Garden continues to thrive in Vestavia Hills in Alabama.
The garden has continued to keep dry. The main task remains manual watering. The new plants continue to need watering daily. The nights remain cool in the evening so that is a relief. Soon though, the night temperatures will be rising. I still have many plants to be planted. It is delayed because I do have to keep up with the watering.
The main bloomers this week are irises and roses. I am also busy adding planters with coleus and caladiums. The shady area in the garden is filling up with hydrangeas, lambs ear, hardy geranium, sedge grass and ferns. It is a wonderful time of growth.
The iris on the left is thriving. It is a flag iris. It does get afternoon shade and is thriving.
The bearded iris is a beautiful blue. It is healthy and showy. It is along the busy street and it is very striking.
The stachys on the left is beautiful with the fountain in the background. It keeps well hydrated with the water spray and it is very happy.
The oak leaf hydrangea native is beginning to bud. I was eager to how it off today.
The red spotted admiral is hard to distinguish from other black swallowtail like butterflies. Inaturalist does identify this one with high degree of certainty.
The Carefree beauty is at its spring peak now. This grouping of roses was hard pruned this spring and it has responded very well.
Tomorrow, I will join the Six on Saturday group. Many other gardeners will post 6 recent photos to share with the group members. Here is the link. Come join us and enjoy. https://gardenruminations.co.uk/author/lairdstephens/
Happy Gardening!
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