The crimson king maple has now leafed out and is looking good. It is one of the later ones to show its leaves.
I had to dig to find the before picture of the tree. I remembered taking the shot but never ever shared it. I appreciate the privacy that we get with the tree as the view is blocked by it of two sets of neighbors.
I don't like to kill living plants o I moved some chive into the flower garden. It will bloom soon and it is a nice foliage plant. You can see iris in front of it and the Siberian iris to the right back of the picture. I mentioned that I have less blooms on my fern leaf peony and you can see it hanging back there making a red spot.
I only have three blooms this year on two different plants. They are so few that I could name them but I won't. The last years' plant had seven or eight blooms on it. Moving it just shook it up a bit.
It is a single petaled flower that is plain compared to the ruffled double blooms that do come on one other variety. I collected my plants from my mom's garden years ago in southern Iowa. She stole hers from the neighbors rental property which had a hundred year old house on it. My neighbor at the old place now has three of them in a row next to her driveway. I guess I do remember sending a set of tubers to a blog friend in Park Rapids, Minnesota area. I have shared it with one friend who lives in Granger, Iowa who shares its photo every year.
I mention this every year that this was a plant that was brought by wagon trains, which helped spread it across the United States. I have seen them available in England. I assume the root-like tuber that the plant has was easy to wrap in cloth and stow in the wagons when they traveled west.
The globemaster allium has a great color. They seem to be slow to be in full bloom. I think the cold weather and continual winds are slowing it down. We are having another cold day today. I wanted to plant glads and dahlias. If I can get my energy level built up and dress warmly, I may get it done.
Thanks for stopping by today.
3 comments:
It is nice to see the before and after photo of the crimson king. It is nice to have the privacy during the warm months.
The peony is a real treasure and I am sure next year, you will have more blooms. I love all the variety of plants you share in your pictures. I hope you both have a good evening,
Beautiful flowers!
P.s. I wanted to add that my new backyard is a blank canvas. No plants and no trees. Through the Arbor Day Foundation, I got about eight itty bitty trees, the size of a pencil, to plant. So far, two crepe myrtles and a red bud have new growth. ONE DAY, they will provide some privacy!
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