Tag: Clematis blooming

While We Were “Out”

Our second grandson was born last Friday! That whole week was a non-gardening week. We absolutely were in the gardens, but with our two year old grandson. I watched with sheer joy as he followed the garden path wearing his cute little camo Crocs, pausing to pick up rocks, and dump them on other plants. Wait!!! What is happening here? Has my brain turned to Grandma mush? Perhaps.

While we were “out”, the daylilies got scapes. The South Seas is the one that first caught my eye,

but the Purple D’Oro and the Just Plum Happy are not far behind

We are getting some bonus clematis blooms.

And the Asian lilies are already in mid-seaon.

The hostas deserve a blog post of their own (coming up).

Baby is doing very well, 2 year old grandson already has our next “date” on our calendar, and somewhere in between work, building out the cabin up north, and grandchildren time, I need to pull all the forget-me-nots that are done blooming and are going to seed.

If I catch them early on in the seed casting process, I get just the right amount to bloom two years out (they are biennial).

Almost

The tulip, crocuses, grape hyacinth, and Blue Bells clematis are are done blooming. The pink clematis is holding on to the prize for current blooming,

but the weigelia is starting to take over.

That clematis used to have double trellises, but when we replaced the air conditioner (and furnace) in 2021 it had to be moved because the new box was much larger. The trellises went to the little house up north and stayed there when it was sold.

I like the trailing look in late spring, but I am considering a clematis re-plant option. Time will tell.

One more week for the clover to stay, and then it will be plucked. By then the weigelia will be in full bloom, with the hostas and Asian lilies not far behind, and the bees will have plenty to feast on after that.

In sad news, I made a recollection error when I thought the Tirzah x Marque Moon seed had sprouted. It has not. The pollinator created South Seas, Marque Moon, and, of course, Purple D’Oro have sprouted though. Still hopeful for the intentional cross. Time will tell.

Clematis bloom time

The crocus, grape hyacinth, and tulips have bloomed. The petals from the Mother’s Day tulip are on the ground turning to compost. The forget-me-nots are softening the stark rock look.

Attention now turns to the clematis blooms.

At the historic cemetery, the little clematis transplant is making itself at home. It is starting to wrap around the starter trellis. Made my plant mama heart very happy. I think it needs some mulch to keep the weeds at bay.

The clematis are starting to bloom

The first clematis bloom opened Tuesday. Always a wonderful sight. Hopefully many more blooms to come.

I am reminded of the years where we kept a very tall trellis in that spot. Funny thing about clematis. They are kind of like work. They expand to fit the time (or space) allotted. We let that one get so big a bird built a nest in it, and we could see inside the nest from inside the window. We called them the “trillers” because they would trill each time Mama approached. Eventually we watched them get big and strong and leave the nest. It doesn’t take long, but it was fun to watch.

This year, I hear something that sounds like a bird in the gutter. I wish I had a drone. I could fly it high and zoom in. I don’t want to climb up on a ladder and try to see. We’ll just wait. Time will tell. It doesn’t seem like an ideal place to nest, but we’ll see.