Today was a good day for gardening (except for the rain around lunchtime) and I got a lot of maintenance done. Trimming and pruning, mostly, especially in the somewhat neglected northeast corner of the garden. I gave the arctic willows a much needed trim, the second trim for the one by the maple. By the time I gave the one by the fence its first trim of the season, I had halved its size.
Things are more neat and tidy now. And I found out that my 'Sweet Kate' spiderwort hidden under the elm is blooming. I had written it off, since the last time I checked all buds were brown and dried up, probably hit by cold or drought at just the wrong time. But luckily, Sweet Kate is a constant bloomer, so it has recovered from that setback.
I took a few photos of heuchera today, such as 'Snow Angel'. This time I took the foliage. I've read that the foliage is not always guaranteed to be variegated. I got lucky, I guess.
By the way, here is that 'Palace Purple' that has a little flower scape on it.
Just so you can see the flowers for 'Gypsy Dancer', I took a photo.
And finally, an edible garden fruit is always exciting (to eat, certainly, if not to look at). Here is one of our mulberry trees, with plenty of fruit for us.
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8 comments:
The variegated 'Snow Angel' is just lovely! What color are the flowers? I have a 'Palace Purple' and a 'Plum Pudding' because the foliage is what does it for me more than the flowers on these pretty little plants.
Looking good....glad to see some pics. I have been missing the view.
Robin, I am the same as you, liking the foliage more than the flowers. Snow Angel has lovely bright pink flowers, one of the few heuchera I have with flowers worth looking at. You can see a picture in my post for June 8.
Your snow angel looks interesting, I havent seen it before. I have also heucherellas: Palace Purple which is the oldest and biggest and then just few babies which I bought this summer:Heuchera creme brule,Heuchera Licorice and Key Lime Pie. Do you have any of these? I love the colour of their leaves! I can take a picture of them someday if you dont know them.
Maria, I have a 'Dolce Creme Brule'. I don't know 'Licorice' (haven't seen it yet here). I will be on the lookout for 'Key Lime Pie'. I bought a 'Lime Rickey' once, but it didn't survive. Heucherellas don't do as well in my garden as heucheras, so I avoid them now.
Karen, thanks for you photos. The Palace purple I have too. Now I saw in a big pot with an buxus, that I have a lot of seedlings of the Heuchera. Wonderful.
Sigrun
lovely pics Karen.What do you do with mulberries?It is a nursery rhyme here...going around the mulberry bush.I want some Heuchera's now after seeing all yours!!
I make sure to pick only the dark purple ones (or else they are too sour) and I mix them up with other berries and bake a "bumbleberry crumble". I have to purchase the other berries, but at least I know some of them are from my garden.
Haha, we go around the mulberry bush, too, early in the morning, or so I've heard. ;-)
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