May 15
Well, I think this may be our busiest May yet – of course I haven’t looked back on prior years yet. I’ve been so busy with work, friends & family that I’ve been horrible at posting. Here’s my bloom post (all iPhone) and next I’ll post pictures of my new bamboo fence!
Here are all my blooms this morning. I used my iPhone 4 with the Ollo macro lens. Read more
Apr 7
I have lived in this house for seven years and this is the FIRST TIME this camellia has ever bloomed. EVER. Granted I relocated it right when I moved in and we’ve had some bitter cold weather the past couple years – down to 10°F. The coldest we got this year was more like 28°F. Plus I added drip irrigation to its base last year and watered over the summer for the first time (during bud development). Normally, I end up with black buds and no blooms.
Plus, I add compost to the garden soil every year in the spring and I mulch.
Any Camellia experts out there want to chime in on how I can get this beauty to bloom every year? I’d love to hear what you think and/or do.
Mar 31
My NEW Bat House
I went to a bat talk last week, given by Bats Northwest member Barbara Ogaard, and now I REALLY want bats in my garden. I even got a bat house.
Some local bats I can attract are hoary bats, yuma myotis, keen’s myotis, big brown bat, silver-haired bat, little brown bat, california myotis and long-eared myotis. These guys will range from 2-4 inches long with a 9-16 inch wingspan. They’re teeny tiny. Read more
This month I’ve got a lot of the same plants blooming as last month – like helebores and snow drops. I’ve also got my daphne ‘Summer Ice’ that started blooming and my euphorbias are close to blooming. For fun, I threw in some photos of shrubs with colorful leaves like spirea and barberry – so pretty! Read more
