Friday, 12 April 2019
Long Beach
We checked on the Long Beach welcome sign, where the vole damage does not seem to have increased at all, thank goodness.
I did not examine the tulips closely. Ignorance is bliss.
We deadheaded two blocks worth of planters downtown.
I don’t think I have grown Tulip ‘Suncatcher’ before.
Suncatcher…very showy.
Allan’s photo
The tulips and the tulip foliage look great despite all the rain.
in front of Stormin’ Norman’s
We then took last time’s debris to city works and picked up a buckets-load of Soil Energy mulch.
Allan’s photo
And then, out to the beach approach to see how far we could get with the mulch on the sections we had already weeded.
We barely had enough for the first (westernmost) long section, the longest of all of them. Then, on to weeding, hoping to get at least one half section done.
a thorny job
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo (telephoto; we were far from that close to the background hotel)
This week is spring break so the town is full of happy tourists.
Rain came, steaming on the road.
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
We only got one half section done…
Allan’s photo
…and we still have this far to go.
Vehicle above is on the wrong side of the road to politely avoid us, unlike many who cut it very fine as they pass us, despite our traffic cones and Allan’s safety vest.
We dumped today’s debris and finished deadheading the other four blocks of downtown planters.
Tulip ‘Akebono’ is one of my favourites.
I love Akebono’s green sepals and delicate, thin red edge (which does not seem as visible on these).
Allan’s camera picked up the red edge, on the yellow, behind the red tulip.
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
Tulip ‘Green Star’ (Allan’s photo)
Tulip ‘Green Star’ (Allan’s photo)
I am partial to all the viridiflora tulips.
‘Akebono’ (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
😦 Allan’s photo
more Green Star (Allan’s photo)
I’m thrilled to see buds on my asphodeline.
I was not thrilled to find evidence of finger blight by Fifth Street Park.
Some flowers were just picked and dropped; perhaps someone yelled at the thief?
broken, not clipped with secateurs
And some were downright taken. There should be five or six orange tulips in each of these clumps.
The ones across the street were as they should be.
The weather had become pleasant again after the rain and wind that drove us off the beach approach, and so we did a big tidy up of the northwest quadrant of Fifth Street Park.
our audience (Allan’s photo)
before (Allan’s photo)
There was way too much Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’, hesperantha, and the ever maddening horsetail (the little scrimmy one) and some kind of belligerently spreading skinny allium.
after (Allan’s photo)
after
I might use some kind of annual along the front, so that it can be cleaned more easily of weeds in the autumn and winter.
Unfortunately, we had much more to do so no time to have a late lunch at Captain Bob’s Chowder.
camassia in the southwest quadrant
We deadheaded the last two blocks….
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
…and the Sid Snyder beach approach planters, where we saw two darling dogs…
…and a remarkably cute goat.
We deadheaded at the Kite Museum and almost got stuck dumping our debris at City Works.
Allan’s photo
Shelburne Hotel
While Allan did our grocery shopping across the street, I deadheaded at the Shelburne and noted an influx of weeds, mostly sorrel and creeping buttercup, that must be dealt with by next weekend. I resolved that the next nice day would be partly spent there.
hmmmmm….what happened here?
I put down Sluggo all along the fence where I had planted sweet peas. I could see a few of them, tiny and threadlike, emerging.
looking north
looking south
Looking south from the north end….In the distance, walking away, is Seaview Sara’s spouse and their dog, Jet; I had finally met the lovely dog for the first time.
Tulip ‘Akebono’ again
only one tiny hint of the red edge
Tulip ‘Spring Green’
Tulip ‘Queensland’
Tulip sylvestris
I had finally learned, from Monty Don on Gardeners’ World, that T. sylvestris is fragrant. I rarely think to smell a tulip. I did, and it has a beautiful scent.
not sure which one this is!
The work board has gotten ever so slightly shorter.
