I corresponded this week with Cathy Cromwell, who interviewed us last spring for a possible article in Phoenix Home and Garden magazine, about the timing for a photo shoot of our Arizona Backyard Eden. I'm guessing the garden will be at its best in late March or early April, which is when we've scheduled our annual IHS Retiree Luncheon in the Garden. At least I hope it will...gardens, like children, are seldom predictable, despite what
this song from The Fantasticks might claim.
The nasturtiums and sweet allyssum I planted as a border around the raised beds didn't come up as thickly as I would have liked, so yesterday I transplanted a flat of marigolds to fill in the gaps. The roses may wind up blooming ahead of the larkspur and hollyhocks this year. The bushes are loaded with buds and a few of them have begun to open.
Is gardening dependable? Predictable? I think not, and to me that's part of the fun. But I would agree with the song that "a man who plants a garden is a very happy man"!
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| Squash blossom |
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| Yellow Iris |
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| "Don Juan" climbing rose |
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| Tea rose |
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| Tea Rose |
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