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My Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is looking fabulous this year! This small tree/large shrub has bright fuchsia blossoms that line all the branches. While a Redbud can survive in unprotected locations, it does best when sheltered from the hot summer afternoon sun and drying winter winds. The SE corner of the house is a good spot. It’s also sensitive to winter drought, and I water it regularly through the winter months. For the past few years, it has been nipped by frost before the flowers opened. I’m hoping the incoming storm doesn’t cause the flowers to freeze and drop!
♥Love this!♥
I love early spring blooming bulbs like Daffodils, Hyacinth, and Muscari. I also love Tulips, but I won’t grow them because the rabbits and deer also love them – to eat! It’s too frustrating to keep planting Tulip bulbs just to have them munched. Daffodils, on the other hand, are poisonous to these mammals, and they avoid them. Daffodils have been selected and hybridized to be more than just yellow, too!
I took this picture through my front window, so it’s rather grainy from the window screen. The deer is munching on my Creeping Sedum, but she is ignoring my white Daffodils.
😀Growing Up!😀
I’ve pruned my Blue Mist Spirea (Caryopteris x clandonedsis) down low. This is called “rejuvenation pruning,” but I call it tough love! These shrubs will grow back to 3 to 4 feet tall and wide this summer. The dark blue blossoms open in late summer though fall and provide nectar and pollen to bees and other pollinators. They flower best when I show them tough love and cut them way back every spring.
