A Visit to Cistus Nursery
I rarely go to nurseries anymore since I work part-time at one and another reason being that I don't have much room for additional plants. When a garden fanatic runs out of room, the brain goes into overdrive, dreaming up ingenious ways to incorporate more plants. And another thing happens - a burning desire to obtain rare and unique plants. I've been moving plants around, a tricky process that has a domino effect. A plant is unhappy - it is getting too much shade or perhaps too much sun. There is a plant that did not get as large as you thought it would or it is just a slow grower and now it is hopelessly hidden behind a taller plant. Sometimes a plant is just a dud for reasons unknown (Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' anyone?). I find the plant in question a better home, but it means that another plant will have to be moved. And the merry-go-round continues to turn... However, for those plants that are to be discarded, a space opens up for a new one! I decided to move a Mou...
Seeing all those little bits of green almost makes me want to get out and start cutting back things. If it wasn't going to be 12F tonight I might have considered it. It will surely be the last of the real cold...I hope. It won't take much to get me into that neat and tidy mode. I have to say I would probably do as you mentioned and cram something into an empty looking spot and be sorry for it later. ha..
ReplyDeleteCan't resist playing in the garden when the weather is so mild. Toward the end of winter all the dry aster and grasses look quite disheveled, so was also in the garden cleaning up. I too must hold back from planting in all the newly exposed ground... because it will not be exposed for much longer. Your bungee cord trick is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThis is my month to do winter cleanup as well. I find it so satisfying to be out with my pruning shears and to deliver all the garden waste to the compost bin. Soon the garden begins to look cared for once again.
ReplyDeleteYou may not be done but you've certainly been busy! I started cutting back here last month but developed a ganglion cyst in my wrist from the repetitive stress and had to ease up for a while so I'm not done yet either. I had to laugh at your comment about having to watch yourself about cramming new plants in the areas you clear - I'm afraid I do that all the time ;)
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