Garden Notes 2009

April 24: Mary Winger, Jenny Thompson, and I spent about 1.5 hours cleaning up the bed. Crocuses and snow iris were blooming; tulip foliage was up. There were a few poppy mallows that looked like they had rotted during the winter.

The following were blooming on April 24th:

Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch'

C. chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty'

C. sieberi 'Tricolor'

C. tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'

C. vernus 'King of the Striped'

Iris danfordiae

I. reticulata 'Pixie' (snow iris)

May 15:

Today the Tulipa tarda's are in full bloom and golden currant, creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) and Wooly speedwell (Veronica pectinata) are just starting to bloom.

June 1, 2009:

The Phlox subulata (creeping phlox), wooly veronica (Veronica pectinata) and mountain alyssum (Alyssum montanum) are all blooming profusely on the water-wise side of the bed.

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