Thursday, 21 March 2019
Today, all of the photos but a few close ups of narcissi and of nursery plants are Allan’s.
At home, fortifications keep Skooter away from a birdhouse.
Diane’s garden
I planted sweet peas along the picket fence, and we mulched with Harvest Supreme.
Last fall I cut back some annual sweet peas to the ground rather than pulling them. They’ve come back; I’m not sure what to make of this.
I hope the new sweet peas do as well as last year’s.
The raised bed in the back yard got some sparaxis, tigridia, and seeds of night scented stock.
The violas have reseeded into the gravel in front of the raised bed.
Allan saw my good friend Misty while I was still in the front garden.
That was our only job today. We had an appointment with our accountant way up in Surfside and so we made two nursery visits on the way.
The Basket Case Greenhouse
Roxanne has a broken ankle at a most unfortunate time of year, every gardener’s nightmare.
We discussed seeds and I bought some granular Mycorrhizae fungi for planting in my own garden. Just spelling that correctly made me realize I have been pronouncing it with an extra R. (It’s not micro.) The trick (per Gardeners’ World) is to rub it on the roots when planting, which is why I have been seeking the granular or powdered form.
I tend to have poor success with seeds. Roxanne will try to grow a few for me that I long for, among them Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana ‘Only the Lonely’, and Eryngium giganteum.
Penny said hello with doggish vocalizations.
The Planter Box
I got some barley straw to fight off pond algae, and a proper leaf scooping net.
Lots of gorgeous spring bloomers are available right now.
Ocean Park
After our accounting session, we took a slight detour to admire the massive planting of daffodils along Bay Avenue, which runs west to east from the ocean to the bay. The planting runs almost a third of its length and was accomplished by the newly formed (last year) Ocean Park Village Club.
It is breathtaking.
Salt Hotel and Pub
In the evening, Allan attended a Salty Talk with dinner and a view of the Port of Ilwaco marina.
I stayed home because I had an overwhelming desire to watch more of Gardeners’ World 2013 on Inside Outside TV.
With rain due tomorrow, we intend to take a couple of days off and get back to sweet peas after the weekend.
VERY GOOD! I have a massive group of wild Sweet Peas. I have planted several annual varieties with not much luck. The daffodils along the highway look AWESOME! Thanks for sharing!
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Oh that swath of daffodils!
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Yes! That is like totally RAD! The Beautification Committee plants them here hoping for something like that, but we just do not have the sort of climate for such profusion.
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In the public gardens I care for, I plant a wider variety of narcissi and not as thickly because of lack of budget but also don’t want that much bulb foliage to deal with. It’s not as mind-boggling a result but breathtaking in its own way, or at least I like to think so.
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In the public gardens, where there is not as much space for the big swath, variety is probably an advantage. Small groups of the same thing might seem to be mundane, or at least not as interesting as a variety of groups. Conformity works well for the larger and continuous areas.
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Agreed.
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Wow! I’d be happy to see one daffodil blooming here. What joy to see an ocean of them!
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I love seeing plantings of daffodils en masse. They may offend wild flower purists but they give me great pleasure.
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Agreed.
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Wow! The daffodils are eye catching. Love the views of the marina, too.
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