It’s been so nice here the past few days that we’ve been trying to stay outside as much as possible.
Sunshine and warm weather, you gotta love it. We’ve been waiting for the weather to make a solid turn and it finally has. Today it’s supposed to reach 67 degrees! How crazy is that!?
Yesterday we knocked a garden project off our list… Planting the area to the left of the barn door.
Other than cutting down an ill placed bush that was there when we moved in last summer, we’ve mostly been ignoring this area until now.
What to do… what to do… Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing until you can figure out exactly what that is. And truthfully, this time last week I still didn’t know.
But then the HH and I were in landscaping negotiations a few days ago about where to plant a small vegetable garden… It came to me {not the vegetable garden but what to do with the space next to the barn door}.
Last fall I had bought 3 little limelight hydrangeas on clearance {70% off thank you very much} as well as 3 allium medusa plants.
Finally, after walking by them for the hundredth time since I bought them last fall, I realized that they would fit the area PERFECTLY!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while now then you know there are two plants I absolutely can’t stand; rhododendrons and daylilies.
Yada yada yada… I put my top man on the job. And over the fence the daylilies went. Lucy even got in on the digging action.
And we found an old Horlicks Malted Milk bottle too. Too bad it had a chip out of the top, otherwise I could have sold it for big bucks. Or at least enough for a couple of plants.
If you like purple flowers and are looking for an ornamental plant for your garden, I highly recommend Allium Medusa. Not only does the plant deter deer and rabbits, but they bloom for quite a while and they attract bees and butterflies as well.
They basically look like a chive plant on steroids {but the blooms last much longer}.
It’s such a small area… But it’s already looking better than before.
I’ll need to pick up another Allium Medusa plant to even out the area, but hey, we’re getting there!! I’m excited to see this space in another 2 months when the hydrangeas and allium are in bloom.
Next on the list; replacing the wooden platform, painting the door and painting/hanging a sign over the door. Oh, and finding a couple of pots that are at least 15″ wide to accommodate the trellises I’ve lugged from house to house the past 15 years.
A good terra cotta pot is hard to find… Here’s hoping I can find some good ones.
What’s going on at YOUR place? What’s next on YOUR garden to do list? Curious minds want to know. 😉
Have a great weekend,
~Mavis
Lynn says
I made the mistake of accepting a gifted daylily many years ago. It has morphed into hundreds! I’ve spent the last 3 years digging them up and giving them away. You’d be amazed at the number of people who want something that spreads. Anyhow, I’m determined to whittle them down to a few small, contained patches and I’ve already had many takers and at least 10 people coming tomorrow! I’ll be digging all weekend and fuming to myself about planting that one daylily all those years ago.