Planted New Daylilies for Mother’s Day

From Oake’s Daylilies, ordered 4/20/2020: SAVANNAH DEBUTANTE × 2 $29.98 – 6″ bloom, 32″ tall, Mid-Late Season + rebloom, Dormant. Beautiful peachy apricot double blooms have a full, fluffy form. A gorgeous color. Petals are ribbed and have wide ruffled edges. Fragrant. MOSES’ FIRE × 2 $59.98 – 6″ bloom, 22″ tall, Mid Season+ rebloom, Dormant. […]

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Sprayed Weeds in Yard & Orchard

4/25/2020 – Sprayed Weed-Free-Zone with Spreader Sticker on: Small places in the front yard where the Florida Betony is still growing; under the pecan tree at the ditch just east of the driveway; along the old fence line next to the blueberry bushes where spiderwort was not killed with earlier sprayings; extensive burweed around and […]

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Replacement Blue Plumbagos

4/21/2020 – The three large white plumbagos we planted last year– in the Crape bed along the rail fence–did not make it through the winter. We planted three one-gallon blue ones bought from Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand. Dug out what looked like independent little ones from the plant in the bed at the house. […]

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Reviving the Frozen Hibiscus

4/15/2020 – The hibiscus plants along the electrical panel wall were bitten very hard by the winter’s freezes. All above-ground stems were killed and snapped off a few days ago. But, there are small leaves coming up from the stump area and so we need to feed them well. A link on the home page […]

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