Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Monday Yardening

Today I planted 10 Eranthis cilicica  (bright yellow) in the goddess garden, and 20 'Katharine Hodgkin' iris (pale blue speckled with yellow) in the goddess garden and wildflower garden.   Recent rain has made the ground much easier to dig.

This concludes my current batch of bulbs, and I have no active plans to buy more this season.  I will, however, keep an eye out for bargains.  Stores often close out their bulbs for $1-2 per bag in late October or November.

It's a warm, blustery day today.  The tiny asters are still blooming in the wildflower garden.  Most of the seedpods on the blackberry lilies have opened and been distributed, either planted in my own gardens or handed off to my parents.
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amaebi

Re: Well...

amaebi

October 17 2016, 23:54:25 UTC 4 years ago

Ah, that's the classic I. reticulata fragrance! Yay!

Eranthis typically do very much better if you soak them overnight before planting them. I know this because I've often forgotten the advice to do so. :D So if they aren't brilliant in the spring and you didn't soak, don't give up on them forever. When they're happy they naturalize gloriously.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

October 18 2016, 00:52:18 UTC 4 years ago

>> Ah, that's the classic I. reticulata fragrance! Yay! <<

\o/

>> Eranthis typically do very much better if you soak them overnight before planting them. <<

*headdesk* I did not know that, and did not soak them. Maybe I'll remember to water them tomorrow.

>> I know this because I've often forgotten the advice to do so. :D So if they aren't brilliant in the spring and you didn't soak, don't give up on them forever. <<

Thanks for the tip.

>> When they're happy they naturalize gloriously. <<

I am interested in bulbs for naturalizing. I probably have more outside of gardens than inside them. I put daffodils in rings around trees and scatter tulips in patches. One of these years I should get a big bag of muscari or something and do those in swaths.
amaebi

Re: Well...

amaebi

October 18 2016, 01:52:31 UTC 4 years ago

Muscari multiply so splendidly that you don't need a big bag if you're willing to wait four years or so for swathes. :D
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

October 18 2016, 01:54:55 UTC 4 years ago

I have some muscari and a few other naturalized bulbs. I also have a little over 2 acres. I can easily put down small bulbs by the dozens. Besides, muscari are cheap.
amaebi

Re: Well...

amaebi

October 18 2016, 02:13:55 UTC 4 years ago

Absolutely. :)