Saturday, June 22, 2019

In The Time Of Vegetation

The dry spell ended and the wet has returned in abundance.




















It is a Lush green world out there, growing and growing some more.




















While wandering doing some half hearted editing; there comes a point of why bother, much to my shock I discovered a seedling white flowered Spirea japonica.

How dare you. I spent weeks with my plant dealer trying to track down a quantity of the white Spirea japonica 'Conspiyet' for the Wedding Cake Garden. The Yeti™ it turns out was a myth.




















Of five blooming stems, one had a few remnant pink flowers. How special. I should just propagate my own™. This spirea will be given a skylight and some elbow room for sure.



















Out there in the Lush you never know what you might find.




















Some places stay dry in the wet.




















The wet pounded today. Culvert Falls roared like never before scouring the earth until the garden calmed it down.




















The waters rose up yet again.




















All the way to the firepit bindi for the second time this year. I am beginning to wonder. What forces are driving this change? Has my neighbor across the byway done anything to alter the flows above? Is this going to be the new normal?




















The garden grows on no matter. Aralia cordata 'Sun King' stands unfazed, directly in the path of the flow.


2 comments:

Lisa at Greenbow said...

It is a good thing that you walk around with your strimmer to keep the path open. It is lush there. I have that Aralia Sun King. It hasn't done well where I originally planted it so I moved it this year. It will get more sun. I hope it grows up and looks pretty and bright for me. I have been waiting on it for several years. I guess I will wait longer.

Christopher C. NC said...

Lisa I moved that Sun King from shade to more sun and it responded beautifully. It was double the size it had been in the shade by the second year.