So far so good
Monday 30 June 2008 - Filed under Gardens
I might be celebrating too soon, but fence contractors came and removed the old fence, put in the posts for the new fence last Thursday, and haven’t broken a single thing yet. Now I just hope they come back again and finish it up so I don’t have to keep explaining to Oscar that he can’t go out there and play fetch because he would pee on the neighbors’ patio furniture, eat their kids and challenge their dog to a duel.
I was pleasantly surprised to find blooms on my little evergreen magnolia I planted this spring, but they weren’t what I was expecting. It was identified on the tag as magnolia wilsonii, which is a 25 foot tall evergreen that blooms in early summer with fragrant flowers that hang upside down. I didn’t buy it for the flowers, I bought it for its compact multi-stemmed evergreen ways, so I’m not heartbroken, but I do hope this mystery magnolia ends up the right size for the space.
My little melianthus major that was huge last year but shrimpy this year is unscathed, even though it’s right next to the fence line.
The colocasia I thought I’d lost due to my poor overwintering technique of digging it up and then forgetting to store it after letting it dry out, and then again forgetting to plant it until late spring, appears to have survived and is finally starting to grow in earnest.
The cannas are all intact, except for all the perforated leaves from the slug damage.
Even the black leaved elderberry that I wasn’t too worried about, because it can be pretty well abused without showing any signs of trauma, is 100% intact. If we get this thing done on time, I’m going to be pretty happy with this project.
2008-06-30 » megan
30 June 2008 @ 7:24 am
Good, but I’d hold off on tequila and tiki hats until they’re completely done.
30 June 2008 @ 9:09 am
Man everything looks great. Hope it continues. If everything makes it through without harm… we should have a huge web party to celebrate. Across the country we will lift our collective drinks in celebration.
Then spend the following day throwing up collectively of course.
30 June 2008 @ 11:09 am
I am down for the web party!
Wait.
I’m invited, right?
30 June 2008 @ 12:24 pm
That melianthus major is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
I hope it makes it because if it doesn’t I’m going to personally come over there and kick the fence guy’s ass.
And then we can celebrate with Margaritas.
Ok?
30 June 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Wow, that Melianthus is really nifty. Looks like someone cut a plant from construction paper using pinking shears. My vote? Cut ol’ Oscar a break and let him snack on the kids. He gets fed for free, and you get some quiet. Sounds like the definition of win-win to me.
30 June 2008 @ 6:22 pm
I need to mix up a batch of margaritas and put ‘em in the freezer–in case there’s an emergency.
1 July 2008 @ 6:46 am
Hey, I see a couple colocasia leaves popping up from last year’s plant as well. It’s between our house and the neighbor’s, so apparently got enough protection during the winter. (Too bad I planted that Choisya Ternata in the same damn spot.) I think the one that didn’t survive the winter–a huge green guy planted in full sun–was a colocasia macrorhiza. It started from a four inch pot, and in just a couple of months was producing giant shiny upright leaves,a very cool plant.
1 July 2008 @ 6:54 am
Patricia – No kidding. They haven’t been back since, so that explains the no further damage.
I’m getting close to that solution, the longer this thing drags on
James – I am totally into that.
Chris – Wouldn’t be a web party without you.
Crissy – Margaritas should be the answer, regardless of how this all turns out.
Bill W –
Patricia – There is a margarita emergency somewhere, I’m pretty sure. I know those little things came up so late I thought I’d lost them. They’re liking this hot weather. We’ll have to find those big green ones again. I got some, but I planted them too early and they’re all stunted.