Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Sun, Flowers, Phoebes
Finally! Some nice weather! (But don't get used to it.) The ground in the back yard and woods was still squishy-wet this afternoon. I used the opportunity to pull up some honeysuckle that got started and was threatening to take over the woods again, and some wild strawberry. And I figured I was never going to get a better opportunity to finish off my Hugh Dickson roses, so I attacked with spade and garden fork and eventually pruning saw on one huge root, but they are now out of the ground. Squirrels (or something) dug up, chewed to pieces, and left the pieces lying there, my expen$ive martagon lily planted last year. I think I'll try to root some of the scales that look mostly intact.
I have a few more daffodils blooming now, and muscari, and chionodoxa, and vinca minor. Pictures tomorrow before it rains again?
There were 2 Eastern Phoebes in the back yard in early afternoon today. First ones I've seen this year. The juncos are still here.
I accompanied DH on a drive down to Suffolk yesterday. I was hoping to see more of spring down there than we have here, but it was barely noticeable. The most springy thing I saw all day was 2 large magnolia trees in full bloom.
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