Thanks, everyone for the kind words!
Muske,
Funny you should ask about the lilies, as just in the last day or two I have had one white Tetragona, one red James Brydon(which is pink) and one yellow-to-red (Sioux)bud all break the surface. The white is fully open, the red about half way, and the changing one is just showing color at the tip so far. My yellow Chromatella, which was the first to send up new pads, still has not a bud in sight
We just came off a week of 95-110 degree weather, which is 10-25 degrees hotter than normal out here, and the lilies LOVED it!! They are well on the way to taking over the planet!
This is their first year in my pond, and three of the four were little pinkie-thick, two inch long rhizomes when I got them this spring. I ordered some of the fertilizer tabs with them, and gave them each one at planting time.
I too love the Japanese maples...have almost as bad an addiction problem with them as I do with the pond! We have been here two years in December, and I have four in the ground and two in pots waiting for me to get more planting areas ready! Good thing I work for a living or I'd be feeding the kids maple leaves and lily pads for dinner every night Planted three rhodies around the back side of the pond, but they are babies yet, just a foot or so tall, and have a few azaleas scattered here and there, too. THEY were not so happy with the heat wave, and I have a few that are looking pretty crispy at the moment. Have to wait and see...
Jen
Muske,
Funny you should ask about the lilies, as just in the last day or two I have had one white Tetragona, one red James Brydon(which is pink) and one yellow-to-red (Sioux)bud all break the surface. The white is fully open, the red about half way, and the changing one is just showing color at the tip so far. My yellow Chromatella, which was the first to send up new pads, still has not a bud in sight
We just came off a week of 95-110 degree weather, which is 10-25 degrees hotter than normal out here, and the lilies LOVED it!! They are well on the way to taking over the planet! This is their first year in my pond, and three of the four were little pinkie-thick, two inch long rhizomes when I got them this spring. I ordered some of the fertilizer tabs with them, and gave them each one at planting time.
I too love the Japanese maples...have almost as bad an addiction problem with them as I do with the pond! We have been here two years in December, and I have four in the ground and two in pots waiting for me to get more planting areas ready! Good thing I work for a living or I'd be feeding the kids maple leaves and lily pads for dinner every night
Planted three rhodies around the back side of the pond, but they are babies yet, just a foot or so tall, and have a few azaleas scattered here and there, too. THEY were not so happy with the heat wave, and I have a few that are looking pretty crispy at the moment. Have to wait and see...Jen
