My garden has gotten some good natural rain recently. The lawn looks so happy and green! And yeah I've been happy to not have to go outside to water in the heat every day!
Hopefully when the sun eventually comes out, they'll bounce back.It rained here non stop from late Thursday evening until Monday morning. My marigolds and petunias have dissolved! The flowers are all mush.
We've gotten some rain too, but mostly sun, so my garden is really thriving now. Most of my day lilies have finally sent up flower scapes, so should see the first blooms soon.My garden has gotten some good natural rain recently.
Oh no. Hopefully the traps will keep their damage minimal.Everything seems to be coming along nicely, but there is trouble in paradise. I have invaders- Japanese beetles are attacking my flowers and tomato plants.
Thanks. Just Googled it, and see it spreads by rhizomes. Should I worry about it becoming invasive?yellow flowered variegated loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'
According to the link below, maybe or maybe not mostly depending on where you live.Should I worry about it becoming invasive?
It says it's not as big a concern in the "north", so maybe I'll be ok. It's pretty small right now, but I'll keep an eye on it for sure. I'm very familiar with invasive rhizome spreading plants, since I have a love/hate relationship with Chinese Lanterns.According to the link below, maybe or maybe not mostly depending on where you live.
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Those are called Asian bell flowers. Watch out. Woodchucks LOVE to dine on these.I don't have any chives anymore, other than my driveway ones and they don't get flowers. However, I can't quite imagine eating those flowers.
Another perennial is blooming. Anyone know what it's called?
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I've started to harvest some bigger tomatoes now. Today I sliced one and layered it with fresh mozzarella, olive oil and basil. It was really good! Unfortunately I didn't have fresh basil; but the freeze-dried was still good.
We've had storms roll through the last few days so I haven't actually been outside to water. I need to get out and check over my potted flowers. My african daisies are looking very tall but I don't see any blooms at the moment. I hope it will put more out!
My mother has a really nice cluster of black-eyed susans right now. She's snipped a few for inside too. They remind me of my grandparents. I need to look up to see if that's something I can split and transplant.
I've got these too but the leaves are dark freen. Flowers look exactly the same. Very pretty.Oh no. Hopefully the traps will keep their damage minimal.
I've more plants starting to bloom in my garden. Anyone know this ones name?
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I have to look this up. Don't recognize the name.Down here, we have Purple loosestrife, and it is very invasive. Apparently, it was brought in for gardens and escaped. Now there are areas with nothing but the loosestrife, as it crowds out everything else, and there is nothing known that eats it, so the stuff just multiplies, creating a biological desert. A high school classmate of mine was a biologist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, studying ways to control it over 20 years ago, with only limited success.
I've started to harvest some bigger tomatoes now. Today I sliced one and layered it with fresh mozzarella, olive oil and basil. It was really good! Unfortunately I didn't have fresh basil; but the freeze-dried was still good.
We've had storms roll through the last few days so I haven't actually been outside to water. I need to get out and check over my potted flowers. My african daisies are looking very tall but I don't see any blooms at the moment. I hope it will put more out!
My mother has a really nice cluster of black-eyed susans right now. She's snipped a few for inside too. They remind me of my grandparents. I need to look up to see if that's something I can split and transplant.
What DreamerRose said!Everything seems to be coming along nicely, but there is trouble in paradise. I have invaders- Japanese beetles are attacking my flowers and tomato plants. I got some of those traps, and within a few hours, one of them had what looked like a dozen bugs, while the others had 4 or 5 each. At least I have put a small dent in the population.
I was thinking the same thing, caterpillars are butterflies, so can't they be moved?Today's caterpillars are tomorrow's butterflies.