Monday, April 14, 2014

In The Garden Before A freeze

There is a quick hard freeze, mid 20's, coming for Wednesday morning and a possible lighter freeze for Thursday. This is par for the course. It is only mid April, a full month before our last average annual frost date.

We shall see what will happen. Good or bad, the garden will grow on.





















In the meantime, enjoy the abundance of a Bulbapaloozathon high on the low spot of a North Carolina mountain top.





















Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Breeches





















An embankment of creeping phlox.





















Small cup





















Split cup





















All kinds of cups and trumpets.





















And looking in the other direction





















The first early rhododendron to bloom. It is sure to get froze. Won't be the first time.





















As far as the eye can see and beyond.





















The bird's eye view of the sunny utility meadow.





















The little house in a huge garden. Priorities.


2 comments:

Barry said...

I see how you are advancing some nice features, like the creeping phlox on the embankment. How'd you get that cartoon effect in the last photo?

Christopher C. NC said...

Barry I always check Lowes discard racks in the nursery when I am there. This time of year I hope to find post bloom creeping phlox for cheap. They are spreading well and self seeding quite a lot which was unexpected. Another few years will have the embankment totally covered and a nice center strip of phlox in my gravel driveway. The cartoon effect is one of the edit functions in my Kodak photo program.