Blooms, Blooms, Blooms
My time is occupied with some repeating tasks. The plants I started from seed this winter need to be planted as they reach a good size. I am slowly accomplishing this task.
Since our rainfall has been sporadic, I also have the task of seeing that they are adequately watered, both before and after they are planted.
I have been organizing a plant sale for the benefit of the Corner Garden. There are plenty of tomato plants, pepper plants, Shasta daisies and milkweed. The sale is April 25. I have planned and organized as much as I can. It is now time just to go for it.
The Itea (Sweetspire) is a wonderful native. It has a clumping habit which I like. The hanging panicles are unusual but vcry eye pleasing. I know there are some cultivars available but I am pleased with his native.
The Climbing Hydrangea is another eye catching native. It is slowly growing up this water oak, which is about 50 feet high, as it reaches for the light.
The oak leaf hydrangeas has begun to bloom. This cultivar is ‘Ruby Slippers’. As the name suggests, the blooms will begin to redden along the edges as it continues to fill out.
The knockout roses are in their first mass blooming of the year. There is not evidence of saw fly damage … yet.
The photo on the left shows the Plant Sale offerings with the tomatillo showing out in the front.
The Flame Azalea on the right is a native. It is one of the natives from which many hybrids have been developed.
I hope to post on the Six On Saturday website tomorrow. If I don’t get that chance, it is because I will be quite busy with the Plant Sale in the morning. Hoping you are enjoying the spring season. Here is the website or Six on Saturday hosted by Jim Stephens. https://gardenruminations.co.uk/.
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You say that Flame Azalea is a native plant. Is it endemic to your region? We don’t see them around here, and the color is rare.
It is endemic to the southern part of the state of Alabama and the northwest panhandle of Florida. Rhododendron austrinum. It is a standout in the woodland settings that it favors.
http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=1754
Thanks for sharing !
Rhododendron astrinum. It is endemic to the southern part of the state of Alabama. Here is a link. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/rhododendron-austrinum/
A great vibrant selection. Nice to see some roses out. Most of mine have only just started to form flower buds.
The Itea is lovely in an understated way. Lovely selections as always!
Wonderful selection. I sure wish I could grow the Rhododendron in my Wisconsin garden.
They are beautiful. Alabama is blessed with exceptional biodiversity.
Oh, I love the Sweetspire! I have one here but it doesn’t always bloom; probably because it doesn’t get enough sun. Love it though. Your Rhododendron and ‘Knock Out’ Rose are gorgeous, too.
A beautiful selection! I hope your plant sale went really well. I am thinking that we might need to do something like that once things establish, as there will be so much surplus! How did you organise it? Is it mostly a sale for your neighbours or did you advertise?
It went very well. I sold about half the plants that I had grown from seed. These were mostly tomatoes and peppers. I used my Facebook and Instagram page to advertise it but only to friends and neighbors. I did have a sandwich board sign that announced it.
That’s a great result! Advertising it on Facebook is actually a good idea as there are all kinds of neighbourhood groups.
Such a gorgeous Azalea! Hope your plant sale went well. I am also glad you shared a photo of the Itea… I have one in a pot and had forgotten its name, so you jogged my memory. Mine doesn’t look as pretty and lush as yours as it suffered in our cold winter and is only just starting to leaf out.