Most of my gardens are doing well. However, I have a Sweet Autumn clematis that hasn't put out any shoots. I pruned it down all the way (leaving about 1' of trunk) in late winter and it is showing no signs of life. Weird, because I've never been able to kill them before. And, it wasn't even close to being a tough winter. So my 5' pillar is bare and looks funny My Rose of Sharon are just refusing to set buds. They leafed out well and I've made sure to water that garden when it has been dry. I believe this is the 4th year and I was really hoping they would bloom. I think they are mocking me .
I'll check my RoS later today to see if any flower buds are forming. It did take a few years before a transplanted sprout bloomed.
I have a RoS that's been planted for ~10yrs. It is beginning to set flower buds, which are in the middle of the thin, grass-like leaves.
We've been away for a week, and lots of summer flowers opened up. Evening primrose opened The common day lillies Last year due to an early spring freeze, there were no hydrangea blossoms. It's nice to see them back this year. My Dr Seusse flowers(bee balm) opened And, some milkweed I allow to exist for butterflies, are open. I'll probably find a different place in the yard for the milkweed. I don't like where the roots are growing and spreading.
Thanks for checking! Mine should be later than yours so maybe there is still hope for this year. There is, what I assume to be a RoS at the apartments next door and it has flowers opening up laready. So, maybe it isn't a RoS, or the tree it is against wakes it up earlier in the spring. Course I've never seen the shrub up close, so it could be something different. Definitely should be later than your area - I'm feeling so much more hopeful now!
Yesterday afternoon I went around and removed all the spent peony blooms. I was thinking that there wasn't much color, but that becuase I was looking at the roadside and south gardens (day lilies will be next and are setting buds). Then I started looking in other areas, and there is plenty of stuff blooming - especially the driveway garden where butterfly weed and black eyed suzies are coming into their own. Hostas nestled under the burgundy Belle maple tree The false indigo had massive seed pods weighing down the stems so I started trimming those off. Of course it started sprinkling a few minutes into this job Got about 2/3 of the seed pods before it started raining and I decided I was wet enough Flowers and flower buds from what I beleive is an ash that is in the neighbors yard, but hangs over onto my property (not complaining) I've shown this foxglove in the backyard previously, but it is so impressive. The top of the spike goes to just above my eye level, so it is at least 5' tall and the spike itself is 2.5-3' long Primrose in the backyard The winterberry is getting buds and are so big I may have to trim them. I'm unsure what is going on in this area of the shrub garden. I've not had this happen before - almost looks like something big bedded down there and pushed all the stems over. Mountain laurel should be in there. It is possible that it is shady enough that everything just started leaning but I don't remember it being like that while mowing - but that means nothing - LOL.
After uploading a picture to Pl@ntnet, I found that what I first ID'ed as ash, is actually False Spirea - AKA Ash-leaved Spirea.
Before you harvest those beauties, are you going to starve the plant of water to stress it out and jack up the capsaicin level a bit more?
