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Fall gardening
Nov. 10th, 2015 12:08 pmMy bulb order from Old House Gardens just arrived -- they ship to warmer zones last. That means that some of the bulbs need to go in the ground RIGHT NOW. Unfortunately, I'm a post-migraine wreck. My daughter valiantly took me out into the front gardens and we planted the "grape hyacinths". I put it in quotation marks because Muscari botyroides, the grape hyacinths that Northern Americans grew up with, are now extinct in cultivation, meaning that no nurseries are raising bulbs. I'm planting Muscari neglectum.
I noticed with some irritation that the large, healthy shoot from Mme. Isaac Pereire is blooming and is, of course, Dr. Huey. I try to buy own-root roses whenever I can, but apparently Mme. Isaac was grafted. Time to go out into the garden with the rose gloves and a lopper and Take Steps... tomorrow.
The next urgent planting is six lilies; after that it's just daffodils and heirloom hyacinths, which will probably go in the window-box on the deck so we can admire them.
I noticed with some irritation that the large, healthy shoot from Mme. Isaac Pereire is blooming and is, of course, Dr. Huey. I try to buy own-root roses whenever I can, but apparently Mme. Isaac was grafted. Time to go out into the garden with the rose gloves and a lopper and Take Steps... tomorrow.
The next urgent planting is six lilies; after that it's just daffodils and heirloom hyacinths, which will probably go in the window-box on the deck so we can admire them.
