So much gardening work to do, so little time! Yesterday after a few productive business meetings in the afternoon, I met John at Lowe's and we selected edging for the border of the island garden in the middle of the front lawn. We placed it last night but didn't actually install it (we need to chop out a lot of turf first) but boy, does it look nice. More importantly, we bought a gorgeous Cleveland pear tree. It's a flowering variety (no fruit) but the spot we planted it in will eventually mean beautiful dappled shade over our front porch and the dining room area, and a lovely spot on the porch to rest in the afternoon. We planted the tree last night and I managed to get the petunias and pansies planted. It's a little late for the pansies, but my father in law came home with a flat of them - "Just fifty cents!" - and he was so happy to bring them home for me. He knows they are one of my favorite flowers. I had pansy flowers on my wedding cake, I love them so much! No roses for me, just the humble pansy....
To wrap up this week's discussion of tulips, I reached into my writing archives and found two articles I've written about special kinds of tulips. The first is the Queen of the Night black tulip. It's a really stunning tulip and very unusual. Plant it with yellow pansies for a really superb effect. The second article shares information on the Rembrandt tulip - one of my personal favorites. Click the underlined titles below, and they will take you to the articles.
Enjoy and happy gardening! I am tackling spring cleaning inside the house today, and then more weeding, planting, weeding...if I'm not cleaning indoors, I am cleaning out!
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