Looks like a grape hyacinth.
They spread pretty easily so only a few will make a thick bed over time. Check out the display at the Kurkenhof gardens if youre in the Netherlands. It includes a river made of grape hyacinth
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Agree with @Axolotl. Grape hyacinths. The ones that have naturalized down here tend to be smaller, with flower spikes more like 6 inches tall, though I do see an occasional patch that are taller. Thereâs a patch of them in the median of a road I drive a lot that the city landscape crew has mowed around, which gives me a little happy.
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They grow well around where I live, and we have loads in our garden, not as fragrant as bigger hyacinths, but still nice perfume.
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Last week I bought some flowers to plant in the front yard but before I started my back gave out. The plants lay next to the door all week. Here they are today
I asked herself last night if she had seen them and she said âyeah looks like they could use a wateringâ
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Just got a dwarf Belmac apple and a 4-in-1 European plum in, as well as my kale and chard in the ground. Long as we donât get anymore hard freezes, we will be fine. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants are coming along nicely to put out in 3-4 weeks. I love this time of year!
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When we had the frost warning last week, we covered the garden. It ended up getting down to 41⌠itâs meant to be the same tonight⌠I should cover them up again, right?
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Wouldnt be a bad idea. It would be a pity to kill of your garden right after you set it.
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I think sheâs right.
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Well that improved a little!
Hereâs a Habanero pepper plant I dug up last fall and kept indoors over winter. Looks like it made it!
Also, setting peas. Hooray for raised planting boxes - less crouching.
Radish situation
Spinach the size of my palm
Also, carrots are sprouting but theyâre teeny-tiny. Pictures next week maybe
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well those flowers ainât no pansies!
oh, waitâŚ
looks like the watering did the job.
that is some giagantic spinach! does it get bitter when that big? i donât let mine get that big before i pick them for fresh salads. it seems the heat, my shitty soil, or some combination lead to my spinach and spinach-like greens (tatsoi - a fave Japanese spinach) turning bitter. like i mean, spit it out bitter.
habaneros are really hardy, arenât they! they can winter over and produce buckets of peppers over multiple seasons. had one that lasted two whole years, producing the entire time. got over three kilos off that one bush before a very bad whitefly infestation did in all the peppers that year.
take care of that back! youâll need your strength come harvest time!
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I think Itâs the heat that makes spinach bitter. I pull mine as soon as it starts to show signs of bolting. Iâve had some limited success growing spinach beneath my beans where they get a lot of shade.
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I saved some small potatoes last year to use as seed potatoes. Opened the box this morningâŚ
Somehow I forgot that Styrofoam is translucent
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Oh dear. This is Kiss Me Deadly all over again.
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Umm. Are they just really ready to go or do you have to compost them?
I would never have considered Styrofoam that thick could let light through!
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They arent usable. Theyâve used up too much of their stored energy.
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Bearded Iris Stepping Out | DutchGrownâ˘
Stepping Out | Tall Bearded Iris â Schreinerâs Gardens
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris âStepping Outâ) in the Irises Database - Garden.org
Tall Bearded Iris Stepping Out Flowers in an English Garden by Tim Gainey
IRIS b-e 'Stepping Outâ - Iris barbata elatior - pĂŠpinières Lepage Bretagne Bord de mer
Stepping Out.
That is all.
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