Yesterday was a bit of a biggie. Well, in terms of seeing some fruit of the labour of propagation – not actually because of super-duper manual labour. A storm (with high winds) was predicted for today and tomorrow so I had to put into place some preventative measures.
The last time this happened (only a few weeks ago) I had fewer seedlings to contend with. I’ve been planting waves of seedlings to ensure a longer flowering effect in the garden, so the quantity has increased. It was time to plant the bigger ones out into the flower beds. And, it was good that the storm was forcing my hand because some of these seedlings were ready before the last storm, but I ran out of time and re-potted them instead of planting them out. So, they absolutely needed to be transitioned to the big world of the garden!
The Calendula seedlings that were ready to be planted out into the garden.
About 50 or 60 seedlings were planted in the cluster of flowerbeds area and down the slope bordering that area – Calendula and Nasturtiums. In fact I only touched two of the three flower beds in the cluster. It’s taking a lot of seedlings to stock up all of these flower beds I have going on in various parts of the garden. It’s a good thing I have a second wave of Calendula that should be ready for re-potting in a week or so, and then ready for the garden by the end of the month – give or take.
The next wave of Calendula seedlings that will be potted-on soon.
I’ll need to take more cuttings and divisions of other things as well, in the coming days. It’s on the to-do list! Just, it’s a bit quicker to write a to-do list than actually do everything on the list. I did, however, manage to divide my lovely Amaryllis – there were baby bulbs developing that had gotten big enough (gauging by the leaf size) to break off and pot up on their own.
The Amaryllis before being divided – see the root network and the baby plants at the side!One of the divisions. I got a few, hope they all catch.
Aside from that, I have some pictures of some of the happenings in the garden at the moment. Hope you enjoy them.
Amaranthus seedlings – these have an unusual drooping rope of flowers, but they are tender plants. So fingers and toes crossed!An Allium ready to burst into flower.Isn’t the structure of this type of umbel beautiful?And the individual flowers are starting to open on this umbel.First rose of the season – not from the rose hedge but rather a specially planted one in honour of our little puppy that died too soon a couple of years ago.Salvia seedlings – this was my oh, fourth or fifth wave of seed sowing this year.The rocket is coming along nicely.The red hot poker gave me a surprise showing of the flower head developing.My red and white Aquilegia, it’s stunning from the side with that spectacular shape.Potatoes are coming along, just need to earth them up next week.Poppies are short lived, but they are beautiful flowers. I love to see them as they break out from their bud covering.A stunning flower.The parsley is growing well too.I was lucky to catch a water drop in the centre of this leaf on my lupin seedling. It looks like a gem!The honeysuckle is starting to flower.The new growth on holly always pleases me, I love the colours!The garlic is continuing it’s growth. Looking decent so far! Our dog rose. It’s classified as a weed in Australia you know! And it’s also sold as a not-that-cheap plant in garden centres. It’s really invasive though. Mine is growing through a 2-ft stone wall. Sigh. But it’s got lovely flowers!California poppy seedlings.The broom plant is starting to flower. I love this plant.The flower buds look unassuming on the branches.And then they each explode like this!And the shrub gets covered in the beautiful flowers. I have blue Aquilegia too, it was really hard to get a properly focused picture though. Sorry!I’ll try again after the storm, but it is a beautiful flower on a tall stalk – always waving in the breeze!
Your love for architecture in a way reflects in some of your close up photos, all about structure and form. Love it.
Thanks, what a lovely thing to say! I will get better at the photos too, promise!