It rained well here last evening, I caught the last few drops as I drove home. The garden is pleasantly damp and happy. More and more little early purple flowers are showing their heads. I put down lentils, red lentils in a bag from the grocery store, for nitrogen and pretty wee flowers. And they are wee, and very pretty.
Realized that the war against the hedge has gone too far. My neighbor cut it down, on my behalf, a year or so ago, and two or three of the main trunks were well dead. I dug them out, from among the rampant morning glories, and the gap was large and sad. Went to the garden center down the street, found a lilac bush, and with his permission, planted it along the boundary of our properties.
The Hedge does flower, and it's not a pleasant aroma at all. Lilac will smell better.
I thought about putting in a tall pampas grass, but this will, I think, be better.
3 comments:
Lilac, if it thrives, will smell wonderfully in the spring and all through the summer, I think. We had them surrounding our home in North Dakota and I loved them. And Pampas grass. I'm a huge fan of it though I hate when J used to make me cut it back to the ground for new growth. What is life except cutting back and new growth?
There are smaller variants of Pampas grass which won't cut your hands, and which have decorative flowering heads, more attractive than Pampas plumes (sorry, Catalyst, I'm sure it's lovely in North Dakota). Try Elymus and/or Pennisetum, although they may need protection in severe cold.
Good to know you're enjoying the garden, and especially the rain. It's a wonderful time when things reappear.
Cat,
I tend to cut the tall grasses down in the spring, instead of fall, which makes it easier to take.
RR,
I've already got ours in and established, both tall and shorter varieties. Went for a large, hardy and low water variety we could get locally. Decided not to put another one in as Hedge replacement. We rather like the pampas plumes, so do the local birds. It suits, here, in this high desert urban forest.
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