With my house in a state of chaos, I find myself needing to assert some control over my garden. That impulse has been manifested mainly in clean-up activities thus far (but don't be surprised if I'm tearing up a bed or two in the near future). Late last week, I noticed that the Wahlenbergia 'Blue Cloud' I'm so fond of for softening the sharp edges of the succulent bed on the south end of my garden had gotten rather out of control.
I started cutting the bellflower back but ended up pulling large sections of it out where it had woven itself in the narrow spaces between succulents. It remains to be seen whether I went too far. My guess is it'll come back.
In any case, it looks a bit neater, doesn't it?
Tell-the-Truth-Tuesday is the brainchild of Alison at Bonnie Lassie. Do you have any garden woes or faux-pas you'd like to share?
All material © 2012-2019 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
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| There are 3 Agave americana mediopicta 'Alba' in the mix here. Can you see them? Planted nearly 3 years ago as pups given to me by Hoover Boo of Piece of Eden, the Agaves had bulked up nicely following our winter rains but, wrapped up in a filmy cloud of blue flowers, you can barely see them here. |
I started cutting the bellflower back but ended up pulling large sections of it out where it had woven itself in the narrow spaces between succulents. It remains to be seen whether I went too far. My guess is it'll come back.
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| As it is, the Lessingia 'Silver Carpet' is also doing its best to engulf the variegated Agave in the foreground |
In any case, it looks a bit neater, doesn't it?
Tell-the-Truth-Tuesday is the brainchild of Alison at Bonnie Lassie. Do you have any garden woes or faux-pas you'd like to share?
All material © 2012-2019 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party