The image above was taken this past Saturday during our work day. Despite early rains, we had a great turnout with over 20 volunteers planting close to 10,000 annuals in four hours. The beds they were planting contain a mix of interesting annuals, many of which are award-winners or new introductions. We left some gaps to fill in with the remainder of those col
lections. The weather today was very similar with morning rains, muggy temperatures but again, another productive planting day with ten members of our Noon Rotary Club in Janesville coming out to help plant. We put in a couple thousand annuals in our reception garden and I was very pleased with the progress today as well as our overall "planting progress." Nice shot to the left of English bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) blooming so well in our Scottish garden this year. Great volunteer turnout with the Grumpies putting in a productive morning including many smaller tasks including getting our observation deck prepared for repainting later this week. We are trying to focus
on infrastructure issues out in the gardens that need to be addressed. Jan came in to tidy up the Scottish garden and we maximized the use of a day that we thought we would have more rain. Marianne did a great job tidying up the entrance garden, working on irises, the cutting display, etc. She really moves. Janice weeded and planted most of the day and helped prepare for our workday. Marv and Terry worked on preparing some areas for planting and started to air edge around the iris collection beds. Marv ran for some plants in the afternoon while Terry helped remove bulb foliage and weeds in areas that will be planted very shortly. Little Jerry worked on pruning pines and collecting debris while Larry floated around and helped as needed while also tweaking our water features as time allowed. Bill also helped as usual and Dr. Gredler did most of his early week mowing already. Nice shot of 'Java Red' weigela (Weigela florida) to the right. You can see weigelas blooming all over and while I like the trumpet blooms, I do tend to pick those with interesting foliage. Why go with green weigela foliage when you can have maroon, golden or variegated? There are some nice varieties out there but understand that weigelas have a loose, arching habit and while you can shear them, they tend to look the best when left in that open form. Nice close-up shot below of the tricolor European beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Aureo-marginata') that looks fabulous this time of year. The pink margins look the best when you provide some dappled afternoon shade. Otherwise, that lighter edge might get a bit crispy. Showy tree though!
on infrastructure issues out in the gardens that need to be addressed. Jan came in to tidy up the Scottish garden and we maximized the use of a day that we thought we would have more rain. Marianne did a great job tidying up the entrance garden, working on irises, the cutting display, etc. She really moves. Janice weeded and planted most of the day and helped prepare for our workday. Marv and Terry worked on preparing some areas for planting and started to air edge around the iris collection beds. Marv ran for some plants in the afternoon while Terry helped remove bulb foliage and weeds in areas that will be planted very shortly. Little Jerry worked on pruning pines and collecting debris while Larry floated around and helped as needed while also tweaking our water features as time allowed. Bill also helped as usual and Dr. Gredler did most of his early week mowing already. Nice shot of 'Java Red' weigela (Weigela florida) to the right. You can see weigelas blooming all over and while I like the trumpet blooms, I do tend to pick those with interesting foliage. Why go with green weigela foliage when you can have maroon, golden or variegated? There are some nice varieties out there but understand that weigelas have a loose, arching habit and while you can shear them, they tend to look the best when left in that open form. Nice close-up shot below of the tricolor European beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Aureo-marginata') that looks fabulous this time of year. The pink margins look the best when you provide some dappled afternoon shade. Otherwise, that lighter edge might get a bit crispy. Showy tree though!
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