after the rain
I don’t think spring bulbs like my garden very much, because every fall I plant a fair share of them, but not many show up in the garden the next year. Some springs they perform better, this year was certainly not one of them. I blame myself, I should have given the plants some organic fertilizer earlier in the season.
I have some alliums sprinkled among the other perennials, and they did their duty, reluctantly, while the rest of the foliage went berserk, as it always does when it rains a lot in spring. I went out into the garden after a few stormy days to find a Land Before Times landscape, complete with broken branches and an overgrown mix of garden plants and weeds competing for territory.
The smooth blue asters I started last year are now three foot tall, I guess I should have paid attention to the mature plant height as described on the seed packet.
The garden really needs some fertilizer to encourage the plants to bloom, but I worry a bit, as I look at the mighty foliage, that if the plants receive any more food they are going to swallow me alive. I already can’t tell heads from tails in the jumbled mess.
The beautiful purple clematis bloomed right on time, taking the rain in stride, unlike its neighbors in the flower bed. I can’t say that I blame them. It’s cold, it’s wet, we had another freeze warning. Ech! I wouldn’t bloom either.
Because of this aberrant weather phenomenon the tomatoes, which usually pick up speed at this time of year, seem to have taken a breather. They don’t show signs of frost damage, but they aren’t growing either. Everything else in the vegetable garden displays healthy growth, but it’s still to early for flowers.
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