As I mentioned it has been more cool and rainy this June, though not really by much more than average. The weather is now getting warmer and drier, and I will finally get a chance to mow the lawn(s) without having the grass continue to keep growing, and maybe we can get a better handle on weeding.
Here are a few pics I took last night.
This is the front courtyard, the large Hosta is under an apple tree.
Wish we could claim credit but the foxgloves seeded themselves. A few are more than a foot taller than I am.
Nearby, a Bird’s Nest Spruce. It really took off when we cut back a Budlia (Butterfly Bush) that shaded it.
This plum tree was split by a winter storm, and has been cut back several times but keep coming back. So we use it as a shaded bed and have experimented with different plants, finally putting a few in the ground. The palm stays indoors during the winter.
Opposite side, this is a creeping coastal redwood that I acquired this March and you can see the new growth. It’s not in the ground yet, my hope is that is can spread like the spruce and act as ground cover because the weeds like to take over otherwise (mostly Buttercups).
Like I said, grass has been growing. I’ll continue to mow a few paths and leave the tall stuff as meadow sections, though there don’t seem to be as many wildflowers as we had last year. When it starts to fall down later in the year I string trim and mow.
Spiria lost in the tall grass. I’ll rescue it this weekend. The tree behind it has 3 small rhododendrons that also need rescuing.
The Hosta garden under a Douglas Fir.