June Day

Sunny, breezy, cool in the morning and hot but nice in the afternoon.  I just wandered around the yard clipping and semi-weeding, and it was nice to just do that.

I took a large branch off the black gum in back that was infested with spider mites.  The leaves were brown and dead, little critters and webs everywhere.

The stewartia is blooming, but the fat buds barely open before they fall and litter the ground.

The sundrops are bright and shine like a beacon in the Birch Garden.  They have spread and massed.  But I just can't get a picture that really shows their sweet sunniness.

The carpet roses by the walk are a rich red --- a color I really like.

At Warner's Nursery today I picked up two huge Grow Lo sumacs to add to the groundcover effect I want under the witch hazels.  And I got some burnet (Sanguisorbias) for Meadow's Edge.