Returning

 8/8/2022

I returned the Brugmanisa to the front

yard after being stripped of a lot of leaves.

They were just a mess being on the north

side of the house.  Smoke and Brugmansia

are not a good thing!   I wish I could plant

them in their original garden spot but to

much second hand smoke!!   The ones

left on the driveway are doing much better

than the ones on the north side of the house.

All I can say is if smoke damages plants, 

what is it doing to the human body? 

A Little Relief!!

 Cloudy and 63 degrees this am with

a few sprinkles!!    But again they say

90s first of next week.  Whom ever is

hogging the real rain, please return it

to the PNW, we need it badly!!  We need

to wash the smokey air out of here.

Round 3 Heat Wave!

Again we are to have yet another heatwave!

It has been so nice and cool these past couple

days.  Are you ready or have you given up

on the yard?  

We here are cutting back those plants that 

have completed their bloom cycle and 

instead of watching them fry, they are

being cut back.  

Stay cool!!

 

Hot Week!!

 Way above normal temps and all one

can do it water and watch what the heat

is doing to the plants!!   I'm glad I cut

the Clematis back and repotted some

of the other plants in larger pots!  I

started cutting back the plants that are

done and it's really been helpful not

see them fry!    Lots of plants were

put in the Brug House due to it's much

cooler in there.   Stay cool!!

Again Our Gardens

 Will be closed due to the high temps!

We have currently move all the brugmansia

to the north side of the house in the shade 

to make sure they don't get more damage

from the heat.

101 degrees on Tuesday......send the

rain back please!!

Got Lemons??

 Make Lemonade!!  Then move on and 

enjoy your drink!!

Newest Clematis

 Today was my day to take the one gallon 

newest babies from fall and the first of 

this year and bump them up into 3 gallon

pots.  Here is the finish Setup for them.

The ones I got in the fall were cut back

and the younger ones were let go to grow.  

A couple weeks ago I started the summer cut 

back and I'm already seeing new growth.

We have had some hot weather so I tend 

to do the cut back after the 4th of July and 

if you do so make sure you fertilizer with

a 20/20/20 fertilizer.  I do this weekly and

when they are around a few feet tall then 

I'll switch to a bloom booster.

  

Here are our two largest

ones all cut back!

5 more to go and 3 will need

larger pots!

A grower suggested tree

sleeves on a group I belong

to so I decided to give it

a try due to having to cut

pots from some of the ones

I just potted up.   Here is

the newest Clematis in 

a tree sleeve and potted 

into a larger pot.

Today I posted this on the FB 

clematis group and I hope this

helps others.  

7/17/2022

Today I finally got to finish 

the cut back on all the Clematis.

Here is the last one.

She was a small plant when I

put her in the one gallon pot

in April.  She was a cutting off

one plant that I lost.  She was

given the right spot in the hosta

pot by the front door, morning 

sun and afternoon shade.    

Here is her bloom.

I took cutting and keep your toes crossed

that they take off!!