I was asked this past week when
is the best time to visit your gardens?
My answer is what do you want to
see? Our gardens will open this year
May 1, due to medical issues.
Our gardens are open by appointment
only due to neighboring issues. For years
we have allow folks to just stop by and
we would show the gardens. We are a
working garden so we are out working
when the weather permits. When it rains
it's not permitted to visit so pick a sunny
day, please. Our property is located on
what was once an old riverbed and let's
just say you will need boots when it's
raining. The water will pond when
raining.
Right not we are seeing things grow
and come alive. The early spring
bloomers are now doing their thing.
The Wisteria is starting to bud along
with the early irises. This past weekend
I was able to get the last of the larger
Brugmansia into the yard with a few
tropicals closer to the house due to
the cold front coming in. We have
reseeded some of the yard and have
started mowing. With the weather
change we are already seeing some
of the bearded iris bud coming on.
The early azeala are just finishing
so the later one starting to bloom.
The Easter calla lilies are starting to
bloom and later in the season the
colored ones will bloom.
This past fall/winter season we put
a lot of the Clematis in the hoop
house and they are now around
3 to 4 feet tall. We are seeing some
early bud on them. The poppies are
starting to bud! Also the Columbines
are starting to open. The lilacs are
currently in bloom! With the blue
berries in bloom.
By Mother's Day the irises should be
blooming.
Currently a few of the Brugmansia
are with buds but the weather has
a lot to do when they bloom. Fall
is usually when they will bloom.
The Eppie cactus will be another
week or two but I currently have
a red one in bud. There are a couple
Christmas cactus that are blooming,
it's been a strange year so far.
If you want to see the Perennial
Hibiscus that would be in the fall.
I won't be bring out the Flowering
maples until it warms up more,
maybe mid May. We lost several
of them due to the power outage
we had.
Gardening is about timing and
watching the weather.
More information to come.
