Garden Updates May 19th
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The first rose of summer is a tiny blossom on the rose that hides beneath our Japanese dogwood.
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At its feet this dusty miller has come up again - who knew that there are places where it is a perennial!
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There are large alliums blooming at several spots around the yard.
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Another clematis is just starting to bloom.
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These tiny flowers are from bulbs we planted two years ago, but never learned their name.
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Slugs were eating the leaves on this small rhododendron in the back yard. The solution - we hope - is a ring of copper mesh and some wood ash.
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We did the same thing for this nearby rhodo. The mesh is held in a circle by a ring of irrigation pipe.
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These are the only blossoms on a tiny bleeding heart that has been trying to grow for a couple of years in a bad location.
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The white bleeding heart is larger and has lots of blossoms. I don't know why they look blue here!
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The Joseph's Coat climbing rose beside the garage is starting to bloom too. Now if we can stop it from growing under the siding.
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Sheila received a large fuchsia basket for her birthday/Mother's day and the buds are starting to open.
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It looks like there will be two colours.
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