Very pretty and delicate Amy! I am suprised that Hyacinths would grow in your climate but I am learning daily! Good luck with your seedlings - I know how hard it is to keep young plants watered even here.
Thank you, Cathy! :) The hyacinths are still experimental, but they've grown well so far. I really doubt the classic Dutch types would do anything at all here--at least without pre-chilling--so I'm quite happy these little ones are coming back each year. Fingers crossed on the seedlings, but we do have rain forecast for today,, which would help greatly!
I'm impressed that you can grow hyacinths at all, Amy! Your wispy arrangement is very compelling. While I like that London rocket, I understand it can be invasive so I won't be adding it to my garden ;)
I've been pleasantly surprised about the hyacinths, Kris, but I'd wanted them for years so it was worth a try! I actually felt funny using the London rocket because of its invasiveness; then I decided that if I cut some, those stems wouldn't go to seed, at any rate! ;-) I spent the nicer, moister days of February clearing Bermuda grass out of the garden; now I've got to get going on the rocket and the native but nasty fiddleheads at the side of the house. The bees love them both and have clearly been pollinating them well... sigh...
Oh your wispy vase works well so well, Amy, and I am pleased you are quickly learning who your stalwarts are in the garden. The contrast in weather between last year and this year is quite dramatic, isn't it?! Hope your transplants and seedloings continue to do well 👍
Thank you so much, Cathy! The climate here does seem to be extra decisive about which plants will thrive and which simply won't. And they do have to grow with enormous weather swings from one year to the next and even from one day to the next. It's "right plant, right place" with a vengeance! ;-)
Wonderful. Would Ericas grow in your garden? You have your own “biome” there with your self made pots and self grown plants! I wonder about buddleia too? I’ve just acquired a tiny slip of a yellow buddleia which looks wonderful, but there are so many colours now, and they are magical in their attraction for butterflies and bees!
Ericas would like the sharp drainage in my garden, but I don't think they would survive the alkalinity of the soil, unfortunately. There is actually a desert buddleia that is native here, which I should try eventually. It is not as showy as the regular garden varieties but does the job well for the butterflies and would probably adore my garden conditions. It would fit nicely into the garden too!
Very pretty and delicate Amy! I am suprised that Hyacinths would grow in your climate but I am learning daily! Good luck with your seedlings - I know how hard it is to keep young plants watered even here.
Thank you, Cathy! :) The hyacinths are still experimental, but they've grown well so far. I really doubt the classic Dutch types would do anything at all here--at least without pre-chilling--so I'm quite happy these little ones are coming back each year. Fingers crossed on the seedlings, but we do have rain forecast for today,, which would help greatly!
I'm impressed that you can grow hyacinths at all, Amy! Your wispy arrangement is very compelling. While I like that London rocket, I understand it can be invasive so I won't be adding it to my garden ;)
I've been pleasantly surprised about the hyacinths, Kris, but I'd wanted them for years so it was worth a try! I actually felt funny using the London rocket because of its invasiveness; then I decided that if I cut some, those stems wouldn't go to seed, at any rate! ;-) I spent the nicer, moister days of February clearing Bermuda grass out of the garden; now I've got to get going on the rocket and the native but nasty fiddleheads at the side of the house. The bees love them both and have clearly been pollinating them well... sigh...
Oh your wispy vase works well so well, Amy, and I am pleased you are quickly learning who your stalwarts are in the garden. The contrast in weather between last year and this year is quite dramatic, isn't it?! Hope your transplants and seedloings continue to do well 👍
Thank you so much, Cathy! The climate here does seem to be extra decisive about which plants will thrive and which simply won't. And they do have to grow with enormous weather swings from one year to the next and even from one day to the next. It's "right plant, right place" with a vengeance! ;-)
Wonderful. Would Ericas grow in your garden? You have your own “biome” there with your self made pots and self grown plants! I wonder about buddleia too? I’ve just acquired a tiny slip of a yellow buddleia which looks wonderful, but there are so many colours now, and they are magical in their attraction for butterflies and bees!
Ericas would like the sharp drainage in my garden, but I don't think they would survive the alkalinity of the soil, unfortunately. There is actually a desert buddleia that is native here, which I should try eventually. It is not as showy as the regular garden varieties but does the job well for the butterflies and would probably adore my garden conditions. It would fit nicely into the garden too!