It is one of my favorites. I bought it at the arboretum nears us at the old place. I successfully moved it and it is a good thing.
The big one did make a good move to the new place. It never grew this big at the old place. I have it planted in a couple of different places. As I get older I think the hosta is a better solution for my gardens of the future. Low maintenance plants are good plants and I will keep dividing them and replanting them everywhere.
The Japanese iris plantings are getting to be so big. I really don't know what to do with them. I just let them grow bigger. I would use a lot of energy to dig and divide them. I like the seed pods.
The grass keeps growing up in the cottage garden. I do mulch each year but it is still something I have to battle. I like to just pull it a small section a day. I can beat it but it takes a lot of time. I see I have lavender growing in the area now too.
Another hot day for us but I can work outside in the morning. I have more roses to deadhead and I like to take off the spent blooms of the peonies to make them look better. My dad always mowed off his peonies which I really never understood it. I really like the shrub like appearance of the peonies. Everyone have a great day.
I clipped all the peonies to look like bushes too! They are standing up nice right now.
ReplyDeleteI have to go after the rest of the iris plants and get rid of the dead tops. And I too like the Japanese iris plants. They are very hard to divide, but I think I will dig the annoying ones up from where they are this fall and stick them in another area.
I love touring your gardens. They are so beautiful.
I love your lilies and hostas, such timeless plants reappearing year after year.
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