My red weigela bush continues to struggle. I can get some great blooms from it but it hasn't grown in size for many years. I will be moving it to more light away from the north side of the house sometime after the blooms fade.
We had a morning of errands to run Wednesday but in the afternoon I was able to get some planting done. I need to now buy some filler plants for these. I needed to get what I had purchase two weeks ago into the big planters. I am so good about buying plants in good weather and then the bad weather keeps me from getting them transplanted. They are already root bound and need to have a bigger space to grow. The geraniums are the saved plants that overwintered in the spare room. I was able to root six pieces in water to increase my planting.
I have moved my computer out of the dining room and into a new area. When I look to the side at the bookshelves I see ceramic pieces that I have collected. I shot this rooster to share one of my antique buys. The sad thing is that the place that I bought this from, which is in Osceola, has shut it's doors. It was two large floors of old things. What I liked about the store was the items the sold really did have a Southern Iowa flavor of farming people and the things they lived with for the past 70 years. I will miss the place.
Thursday is up in the air as to what I will be doing, but I will start out with a frame job and then see what happens. I have been out and weeded a couple of areas yesterday and I do plan to hit a couple of new places today. If I hit it everyday, I should be able to get it into better shape for a respectable gardener. Thanks for stopping in........
5 comments:
John and I love weigelas. We had to transplant one last year to a sunnier spot. It is doing much better now.
That rooster is really nice. Sad about the store closing. We have had so many old-time favorite antique shops to close in the last year.
Hi Larry, Your Weiglia is very pretty.. I have the same problem with my Forsythia..I think I might move it. Your geraniums look very healthy! :)
Interesting to note that the Antique Shops are closing in the States as well. There has been a real turn-down in the antiques market in this country due to such things as amateur car-boot sales and the like. It's sad as car boot sales are mainly full of third-rate junk.
The Weigela bush is such a lovely color. You called it red, but it looks more violet to me. The rooster is cute. Have a nice Thursday.
Love that first bush and its horned shaped flowers!
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