It's been a pretty cold and dreary spring and I'm ever joyful that the sun has finally decided to come out and play. My garden is coming along quite nicely but it wasn't without a couple of sad failures.
As usual, I get a bit ahead of myself and buy the first basil plants that I see. Of course, I bought them too early and it was rather cold still and some of them just took a serious beating.
Also, the nerve plant just simply withered and decayed.
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| Serious Nerve Plant Fail |
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Other failures:
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| ughhh - carnage |
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| Absolutely pathetic. They certainly don't like the wind. |
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But enough of my failures, let's talk about what's working. Petunias. Seriously. They are growing like crazy. It's pretty obvious where the best sun is because the planters in the centre of the patio rails are flourishing like you wouldn't believe.
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| Picture taken the last week of May |
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| Picture taken on June 11 |
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This happened with no plant food and minimal watering.
Also worth noting, the planter box of petunias and impatients:
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| Amazing - taken June 2011 |
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| Pic taken end of May |
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Here are a couple new pics from my garden:
For pics to Gardening 2011, please check the
photo album link.
Coming soon - Pics from my little trip to Art Knapp and Figaro's Garden.
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