I had one of those moments when you walk around the corner, lost in thought and suddenly see something so pretty it catches your breath. The dogwood had dropped its petals.
The sprinkled pink petals were so artistically arranged, spread evenly and delicately all around.
It is a delight to see this vignette every time I go out to the driveway.
I took out the Forest Pansy redbud that was decapitated in the October snowstorm. It had buds, but never leafed out.
I moved the Valley Valentine pieris to a spot on the east side right along the side of the house, next to the remaining Golden Peep forsythia. It can get big and tall there and fill that empty space. When I dug it up it had almost no root system. Hmmm.
The inkberry hollies look terrible. I thought they might be windburned or stressed from the dry weather in April. Or freeze burned, particularly as the tips of the flowers are black.
After admiring how glossy and green and sparkly the foliage was all winter, I am distressed to see the leaves browning now.
I think they have some bug. Bartlett did treat them the other day.
Kiwis are blooming now (the females). The leaves are browning at the tips, more than just frost burn from earlier weeks. They have some kind of problem.
The male kiwi vines are showing some white tip splashes, and they are blooming too.
I planted the Moonlight climbing nasturtiums on the half round tuteurs by the meters today. The sweet peas there are just coming up.
And I planted out the Lady in Red Salvia seedlings, by the patio.
