♥Love this!♥
This plant is called Solomon’s Seal / Polygonatum multiflorum. It blooms in spring, with dangling bells of white flowers. The fern-like leaves look pretty all year in partial shade. It isn’t fragrant like Lily-of-the-Valley, but it is taller. This plant is about 2 feet tall. Solomon’s Seal spreads by underground rhyzomes, just like Iris. It can be hard to find at local nurseries, you’ll have to ask for it by name.
In the back ground, my Peony is just starting to show some color on the buds and the Kintzley’s Ghost Honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata) vine is growing vigorously. Peony flowers tend to shatter when you bring them in to the house for a vase. However, I can cut these stems now, when they’re just showing a little color, and the flowers will open in the vase and not shatter.
😀Growing Up!😀
I prefer to plant my container gardens with little plants. Not only is it less expensive (which always motivates me), I love watching them grow up. These are baby plants, so they aren’t flowering yet. I know they will flower in a short time. I also find the plants will last longer through the summer than if I buy planters that are already in full bloom.
😀Growing Up!😀
My apple tree set on fruit this year. Fresh, tree ripened apples can’t be beat by anything at the grocery store and I look forward to eating them this fall. Right now, I need to thin the fruit. For one thing, if I allow all of these little apples to grow, the branch is likely to break with the weight of the fruit. Additionally, the apples will be smaller than if I thin the fruit to having only 2-3 apples per branch. Thinning the fruit is time consuming and feels counter-productive, but it is for the best.
