Spring is laughing out me. When all snow melted in month ago, I say that this is great and I have early spring. Yes. You wish. We still have some snowy mornings, cold nights and not very warm days. So just one step in spring. But some works can be done in this weather.
Some works is new beds forming and planting. Here you see my past daylily circle project. Sadly, but past project. Soil is too poor for daylilies. So everything changed to IRIS CIRCLE. I add some compost and started planting.
After some serious rain grass colored green and irises already sit in new beds. I made right decision to move irises. Because past place is too acid and wet. So I lost some of them... But now they are rescued and safety sit in new rich beds.
All concept looks nice. I still left some place for other plants. Irises blooms just for month or two in total of all varieties I have. And what is next? Circle without my intense to came to the end of garden? No. This year I plan just annuals in this spot, because perennials still in seed bags cooling and waiting for the best time to get sown in pots.
This is how all garden look from iris circle. Some beds are still empty. Weather not let to plant them all as soon as possible. Oh well. Let it rain. Garden need water.
As my daylily circle project not worked, I have some problems with daylily beds. With circle I had 33 new beds for daylilies. That is a way more than enough. But after serious decision of changing to iris circle I have left just 16 beds for daylilies. You can see how it looks in photo at the right and right side of photo is already prepared beds for daylilies. I hope they fit more than half of my daylilies. I have some place in left photo side. But it not ready for any plantings. Still some irises left, lots of new weeds and no serious plan how to organize beds. I love being creative in my garden. Do not limit myself and let it flow thru all ways. Long and slim garden is true challenge, but I love some challenges and get some clue how to make it perfect. I divide it in several sections and make some lovely spaces in some bigger spots. Yes. You can't see them because everything still in my minds. But if I move this fast and get some free hands to work, I can show all of it very soon. There is building time and creativity of spaces. Later I will work with bed schemes, planting plans, caring problems and etc.
I remember how desperate I feel in the same moment last year. No actual place to live, less than half year to move. True headache for gardener with tons of plants in it. But everything ends just fine. Now you see how I grow with my new space and creating something I have dreamed for years.
As I work with garden spaces now I saw that I get a very long airport road to the end of my garden. To destroy that line, long path to the iris circle I decided to make another space. Not a circle, but still round form. Ellipse in the middle of yard. And to get it faster I make a brake in path and shorten it with extended bed. You can see it marked with wood sticks.
And here is visualization how it must to look in some years from now. Already I have some plants just for this spot. One of them is
Hamamelis ×
intermedia 'Diane',
Rheum palmatum varieties and some perennials in seed bags, as I mentioned before.
Rheum palmatum varieties. I love these decorative rhubarbs. They are not edible. At least I don't try to taste. I pick them, because I wanted something exotically looking. Gunera's doesn't grow in our zone. So ornamental rhubarbs is just what I need. Also price wasn't high. So worth trying.
Ellipse will move to compost part. Not the best move for esthetic look. But I will plant roses in the
end and in this way I will cover compost part. Hiding something is gardeners biggest weapon to perfect garden. Cover rustic fence, hide not nice wall and your garden turn to something better. That will work in my garden also. Even in slim and long.
TALKS FROM GREENHOUSE
The main garden building is greenhouse. No mater small or large as this one, but it is must to every garden. We build this big greenhouse to place everything and save from cool temperatures, start some seeds, and grow tender plants and vegetables. It is big enough to fit everything I've mentioned. I hope this will last for a long time.
Those lush rhubarbs which you see before is from this greenhouse. Sitting here just for week, but grow very well.
I had a dream to work with Hepatica's. Our woods are full of Hepatica nobilis, so I found some people who work with breeding of them and get to know some basics. The only thing I need was plants. And my dream came true very accidently, when I visited my friend and he gave me those Hepatica's. Now they are in greenhouse, because I still have no place for them in this garden. Maybe soon, when I make some beds, I will make the right place for these beauties.
Other dream is
Helleborus orientalis. I get this from the same man. He is very generous. It was that big, that I can't fit it in the biggest pot I have. So I split little part and plant in other pot. Wow. This one also finely sitting in greenhouse. Enjoying it.
With this I end today's
talks from greenhouse.
We can back to garden now. Weather let enjoy nice sunny moments rare this time.
Here is my garden view. Now you can see the problem of long path. It doesn't look nice for me. So Ellipse part will divide it, and make it look not so long. Time will show.
Petasites hybridus blooming just fine. Very strange plant to our eyes. At least for spring. Later those big leaves looks like a weeds. But I keep it to my unique garden zone.
I don't want to shock anyone, but this is plants I got from my friend. He is a way more than generous. I wanted some plants for years. And now all dreams came true.
And this is zone where all of them are planted. It is close to home. From window we can see this view. Later grass will be moved and left just soil. There I can plant some evergreen plants, who grow close to ground. Or even add mulch and left it grow just in this way.
Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin'
My very first yellow leaved daylily. This is seedling out of Stella De Oro. It has yellow leaves for all spring. Later it turn green and doesn't look different from all bed. I took this picture with tulip leaves to show how yellow they are. I love that this doesn't feel bad. Show new growth. I hope blooms will be good too. But it is still a keeper, because of this foliage type.
And for the end I show my cat. He is working with seeds while I took pictures outside. He sort some sweet pea and pick only nice ones. Cute cat.
Thank you all for reading my blog. I am proud to show what I do, but when I have readers, then it is powerful.
Enjoy any spring marks or even spring.
Lithuanian gardener EDVINAS
