Thursday, July 23, 2020

Mid-Summer Gardening Reflection

The flowers in my garden aren't as abundant this year as I'd like to see.

Was it the hot weather and lack of rain from mid-June to mid-July?

The hostas are fine - at least most of them are. This large one in the shade of our backyard needs to be divided.

To the right of the hosta, the clematis on the trellis had very few flowers... The ones that were there disintegrated in a windy rain storm.


What's the answer?

Does the whole garden need to be fertilized?










Or was the meager growth simply due to a lack of water - in part because our outdoor water tap was broken...?

Thankfully, it has now been fixed...!








In any event, I'm disappointed that some plants have few blooms...










Perhaps it's time to add several inches of compost... and hope for more rain next summer.

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