I'm making progress weeding the rock garden. The most difficult (steepest) part is done, but I'm not ready to do an entire report yet. Here are some miscellaneous plants to show.
I'll start with a Sedum that is making me pretty happy. This is the 'Cherry Tart,' one of the Sunsparklers. I got one little stalk for $7 plus shipping two years ago. Here's how it looks this week. The color stays consistent all season- this red-purple. It grows slowly, but I'm pretty happy with it.
This is how it looked last year, after one year of growth, so you can see it IS getting bigger.
Now for a big mistake. I've been allowing the weed Silver Cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea, to fill in areas because it has a nice texture and small yellow flowers.
The backs of the leaves are white, thus the "silver" name. This gives it some interest in a breeze.
Turns out it's a perennial with deep tap roots. Once a plant is two years old, it's very difficult to pull it out. It sprawls and fills a much bigger space than expected. If I'm going to let small plants grow in the spring, I need to root them up before July. I'll have to work on eradicating these.
Now for happier topics. The Icelandic Poppy is giving yet another round of flowers, although these are much smaller. It's very interesting that the one is yellow with orange edges.
The donkey tail Euphorbia continues to add interest even after three months. Actually, the seed pods were interesting too. Not sure I showed you those. However, the previously flowering stalks have turned bright pink and almost look like a different kind of flower.
And the new growth in the middle looks compact and healthy. I hope this has babies. Here's how it looked in April, and it's still giving joy in July.
When the gardens don't lend themselves to colorful long views, it's good to focus on small puddles of interest.
The weather was decent (cooler) today. I had an extra dose of editing to do, but spent a decent amount of time working outside. Can't complain about the editing- it's paying my bills!
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