I did some cutting but no sewing yesterday because I knew it would be the last low temperature low humidity day. I worked outside doing lots of watering and weeding.
The Sedums are setting their blooms now and the one on the left is called Postman's Pride. I have it planted by the mailbox.
I have 3 different varieties of the tiny Stonecrop Sedums and this one is starting to show its bright colors in the blooms.
When I dug up the Sedums in the front garden before the landscaping project began there were several little pieces that broke off the big plant so I planted 4 of them in a pot and they are big and showy now.
My little seed garden is doing OK but I didn't realize it would take almost all summer before I would see blooms. The orange ones are single marigolds. The tallest plants are 4 o'clocks and I have never planted them before.
I'm excited to see they are setting buds. I will have to remember to go out after 4 o'clock to take a photo when they start blooming.
While I was out watering in the front flower beds I heard a crack and then a crash and this big limb bouncing on the driveway across the street. Another large limb from it fell last week in the storm. The city and the landlord were having a heated discussion of whose property it was on a few years ago when a large limb leaning over the driveway looked like it could break at any time. The city finally came and cut the big limb off and did some other minor trimming. The tree is very tall and has more big dead limbs way up near the top. It's sure a driveway hazard for the people who rent the house.
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The sedum plants look lovely! I pass by one everyday that is planted in front of the office. I will be watching it to see it bloom. It is such a nice plant, but the deer eat them so no use of planting them in my yard. That tree is dangerous! I wouldn't want to park my car anywhere near it much less walk near it! A limb like that could kill someone.
There is a black walnut tree in the neighbor's yard, but right on the property line, that keeps losing fairly large limbs. I've had to clean up everything that falls in my yard and garden, plus tons of walnuts every fall. I'd never let another black walnut tree get started again. Their wood may be valued, but they are dirty trees and they secrete jugalone which impedes the growth of many plants.
Pat
Just what you need, more falling limbs. Had to put the air back on today as the humidity went back up. Loaded another quilt to start today and marked the other half of the blue bargello it cut up. Still, wish I could have done more.
Trees require maintenance and around here too few people take that seriously until we have a wind storm or an ice storm and even those responses are short-lived. The utility company here hires an outside contractor to butcher trees (horribly trimming without regard to the tree itself) in the right of way/easements where overhead lines exist. Sadly, we have a large oak that will need to come out in another year or so - suffering from some sort of borer - it is still solid and strong but the canopy is thinning and we can see the writing on the wall.
Dead limbs in the top of a tree is Not Good, usually it means it has not long left for the world. At least this tree is on the other side of the street, so hopefully you won't have to deal with any clean up from it. It will be enough that you might have to look at dropped limbs until renters/owner straighten out who's taking care of it, and owner/city decide who's going to deal with taking it down and when. Hopefully they do before the tree makes that decision, because they're not all that picky what they land on.
Your sedums are gorgeous!! We had to cut down our hydrangea bush--it is in the wrong place; it attracts tons of bees and because it is right beside out deck
(what were we thinking??); they are getting to be quite a scarey nuisance.;000
We hope to save it and re-plant it out farther in our backyard so we can see it from our big back living room window...but I don't know as it is quite large...
Hugs, Julierose
We had 4 o'clocks in the house I grew up in, in Ohio. They reseed themselves and you'll have a garden full in a few years. I wish they grew in FL. Your garden is going to be beautiful.
I'll tell you Wanda, I don't know which I like better...your garden pictures or your quilting. I have learned a lot from both.
I learn by osmosis with your quilting and gardening. What an exciting, busy summer you have had. Your blog has been a lifesaver for me because of our severe forest fire smoke plus extremely hot summer days that kept me inside every day.
JJM
I don't know anything about sedums but I sure like the look. Sunshine or shade?
Yes four o'clocks re-seed and in NC they have grown such deep tuberous roots, there is little chance of eliminating them. Fortunately, they have taken over an area of the yard with such poor soil that it is good to see flowers where nothing else will grow! Where I grew up, sedums flowering meant time to go back to school. 50 years later, I still have plants that originated in my great-grandmother's garden.
We have sedums too. I divided some this year and need to divide them again. Mine are in pots but we’ve put one in the ground now.
Four o’clocks were in our side garden when I was a kid. I loved playing with the seeds that look like Grenades.
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