Dear Gentle Reader,
That huge blob of pink gorgeousness is my tree peony, it's still in her glory displaying these big cups of candyfloss delight. The plants in my greenhouse desperately need attention, but I got sick and I couldn't go out to tend them. I'm on the mend now, I hope I'll be able to do a bit of work in the greenhouses soon. My grapes are growing, soon they'll flower and self pollinate and then the waiting game starts until the harvest. Fingers crossed 🤞🍇 My peaches are swelling day by day getting bigger and rounder, showing off their peachiness. Can't wait to sink my teeth into their juicy flesh. 😜🍑 Tomatoes are blooming, early strawberries are forming fruit too. Life is good in the greenhouse. Plants are growing, which makes me happy 😜😁
As says pass by my garden flourishes and grows. Days are becoming warmer, yet still not as warm as in the past years. My pink Clematis Montana is blooming like crazy and shooting new stems all over the place, I have a white in as well and a honey suckle to cover the side of that shed. Well that's the idea, but sometimes plants have other ideas and here is where I need to train them where to go. We'll get there, no worries. I can't get enough of these gorgeous apple blossoms on my hubby's fav apple tree, Granny Smith. They are so beautiful, the softness of that pink, the light scent.... All I need it now is to bear fruit and then the circle will be full. There's a new kid on the block, called Hops, I must say, I have high hop(e) s for my hops. And no, no I'm not going to brew anything from it, maybe just a few potpouries mixed with lavender and other sweet smelling herbs and plants for a better sleep at night. The blue Aquilegia there is the pure version of the wild one, credit to the birds for this one. The pink dainty little Dianthus, is a perennial one called Dianthus pinifloria, because it's leaves reminds one of the pine leaves. The other shrub that's gonna bloom (name I do not know, because the wind blew away the lable) it's a white one, light vanilla scented flowers. Bees love it.
Now a blue Iris Siberica is blooming next to the white one. They are nice. My Snowball tree is full of little snowball like flower clusters, but if you take a closer look, you can the florets look like small Hydrangea flowers. So cute! My auriculas never sees to amaze me, year after year they just pour out their amazing little flowers that look like a gypsy skirt. Fabulous little plant. I have only this one, but I've seen ppl having collections of auriculas and they display them on a shelf in clay pots. It's really showcase like. The white Clematis Montana blooms a couple of days later then the pink one and it will last longer a bit then the pink one. However both mixed with the honeysuckle will be an amazing display 😍 Finally I've managed to plant my tomatoes, I couldn't because 1.the weather was too cold with light frosty mornings and 2.because I was sick, but once I got better, in the ground they went. Oh, I must not forget to lable them....duhhh🙄😜.
Day by day the grape bunches (at this stage blossoms only) are getting bigger and bigger. Must get a mesh before they start opening to protect them against grape moth and then later in against wasps. I don't have anything against wasps, I know they are useful as polinators and as aphid munchers, but the grapes are mine 😜🍇. There's a little ecosystem going on among the gravel. Self seeded violets, wild calendula, forget me nots and alpine strawberries are fighting for space with the weeds. Time to give them a helping hand ✋😜😉pink flowered Bush was the pride of my late mother in law, blooms every year and displays these clusters of pink trumpet like flowers with a light citrusy fragrance. Cute Bush, doesn't mind drastic cutting back either. The other one is a saxifrage, I just love their tiny, pink flowers, it's like a froth of pale pink among all that green. It's an excellent ground covering plant.
Sincerely yours
Annamaria
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