April Gardening

It was another dry day, with a sunny afternoon, perfect for getting more gardening jobs done on the long list Tom made on the weekend.

Today he dug the Lambs Ears edging on the rose bed so it can be thinned, weeded and replanted.

I sat on my bucket stool and sorted, picking out the grass and the marsh marigolds.  Those marsh marigolds have such pretty little flowers, but they are thugs in the garden, spreading by tiny bulb-lets into big spreading clumps. It was time to put them back in their place.

We pulled the saved Lambs Ear plants into the shade while we went in for lunch.

 Tom had the border replanted before I got off the computer.  I've been trying to keep up with the email directory of our growing garden club, as we make plans for spring and summer meetings.

Then we tackled the patio pot holding the Black Lace Sambucus. It is a large shrub when allowed to grow, but we are using it as a container plant as long as we can.  It needed to be root pruned and the soil renewed to make room for friends in the pot.

 I am doing what I can, probably too much, but I really need to get into the dirt!  I planted the "friends".

 I added  'Purple Shamrock' Hebe, a Heucherella 'Sweet Tea', and a grass, Libertia ixiodes 'Goldfinger"', plants I bought at Swanson's last week.

I tucked in a few pansies and violas I bought yesterday at Home Depot for some bright color, and then Tom cleaned up all the spilled soil.

 It's looking a little better now.