Anyway since Meg moved in here I've not done any burns around the pond, she's scared to death we'll burn the place down. Our Spring Peepers and Upland Chorus Frogs appreciate our not burning too. So my big flower bed by the driveway and next to our road had became more of a blackberry patch than a garden, what a mess!
All the big green stuff in the center is wild blackberries, the large grass is an annual grass that grows big black flowers(if you can call them flowers), this stuff needs to go, it is getting to invasive. Daisy was enjoying being outside and not getting soaked for a change.
Below is the second wheelbarrow load of blackberries, some canes were 12-15 ft long and 3/4 inches thick. The roots came out better than when it is dry.
Below is the actual flower bed, YEAH. I'll have to pull out all the rocks and dig out the remaining blackberry roots. This bed used to have tall bearded iris and monarda, yep killed the monarda. There is still some Apple Mint I'm sure it'll make new roots over the winter in this bed. Apple Mint blooms a long time and is an amazing butterfly attractor, but is very invasive.
Time to take wheelbarrow load number two to the ravine. Still a lot of work to clear this bed of invasives, but at least it is accessible now.
We received our order from Brent and Becky's Bulbs today.
Below is a Eremurus himalaicus (foxtail lily) root.
Thought it looked like a mean and nasty spider!
Does any here grow these and how deep should we plant it? It is supposed to get dense florets of pure white on 6-7 foot tall stems.
The Muscari 'Golden Fragrance' came in today as well, I was not expecting such huge bulbs (quarter size)on a muscari. Looking forward to seeing these banana looking muscari in bloom, totally new to me.
