The curve of the iris bed echoes the shape of the supported red pine. The yellow lantern magnolia now has all its leaves. I left the soft-textured lambs’ ears flowers standing in this area, just for height.
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Knotweed Resprouting
This knotweed thought it was going to get away with growing in between the irises and artemisia! In the spring, we simply dig them out, rhizome and all. These reddish things probably re-sprouted from tiny rhizome fragments in the soil. We cannot be too vigilant, and are always on the lookout for them.
July 2015 – Color and Blooms
Formerly, this area had been taken over by knotweed, bittersweet, multiflora rose, and then ground level invasives. Though we have to remain vigilant about resprouts, which do still emerge from time to time, it’s finally starting to look like an actual garden.
