GARDENS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING
Baby trees I showed you months ago were moved to pots with room to grow, becoming beautiful assets to my front entry.
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| Seeing the struggling Maidenhead fern in front, I decided to give it one more chance by planting it in the ground in my back yard. |
REPOTTING DAY
As a container gardener, I have to be on the lookout for plants becoming root-bound and beginning to die. Repotting days require forethought. An inventory of my plants tells me which are ready to die, need a bigger pot, or need different sunlight. Rather than run out and buy new pots, I strategize. If I let go of the yellowing spiky plant, that black ceramic pot will be perfect for the three-year old Japanese Maple whose pot would be perfect for the one-year old Japanese Maple, whose pot could be home for one of the thriving Oak seedlings, etc.
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| I replaced the Maidenhead fern with a chrysanthemum for fall. The Japanese Maples are harder to see, but each received a pot double the size of its previous home. |
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| The carpark hosts six pots with three or more baby trees in each. |
PROPAGATING BELOVED PLANTS
Perennial Hydrangias are close to my heart and easy to propagate. Just stick a healthy stalk in the dirt and give it lots of water. |
| The leafing stem in front is a start from a Hydrangia. Behind it is an Oak seedling; can you see its curly stem near the dirt? Maybe it's a result of my moving it from pot to pot as it grew. |
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| I put two more Hydrangia starts (left side) in another pot with Maple seedlings. |
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| On the other side of the carpark is one big pot with several seedlings. This Hydrangia start and Maple seedling are flourishing. |
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| I'm not sure if my Pine seedlings will make it. The largest one may, but the two little ones in front are struggling. Three other babies turned brown. |
ENJOYING THE VIEW
Plants mature and flower at different times, focusing our eyes first in one area and then in another. This repotting day provided me with more stunning views of my Japanese Maples, volunteers from a friend's garden. I'm in love with the enhanced view that repotting and moving them around provides.
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| Looking at the tree nursery from my front door, notice a lovely branch of the three-year old Japanese Maple. You can barely see the one-year old Japanese Maple two pots down. |
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| Viewing the Japanese Maples from the second floor is pure delight. Their delicate leaves blend together into a lovely pattern. |
Plants mature and flower at different times, focusing our eyes first in one area and then in another. This winter it will be my Citrus Pine and shade loving plants that will come out to delight my senses.
