Bonus

Look what my viola are doing!

Daylily Divided

I finished dividing Daylily today. There are no Stella D'Oro left in the Orange Lily Garden and no Combine Garden Daylily in the Nursery. I have Stella D'Oro in three spots in the Sun Gardens now and the orange is in three spots in that same garden as well as two spots in the Front House Garden. Tomorrow I will start dividing Iris. We are having company in the morning so I won't likely finish Iris until Sunday. I found the Dahlia above, 'Taratahi Ruby', blooming along the ground. She seems much happier since I lifted her up and another of her buds has opened in the last couple of days. The Sunflower 'Double Dandy' I seeded in the Combine Garden is blooming now. It is a dwarf Sunflower and could have been another layer closer to the front of the bed. Somehow, I was not able to imagine a two foot Sunflower when I was seeding. The darker hollyhock colours are starting to show up as well. I hadn't noticed last year that the lighter ones were early and the darker ones were late but that is definitely the way it was this year. I should try and remember to notice again next year. The perfect weather is still holding here and I am making the most of it in the garden.

Viola in My Garden

This is why I love Viola in the garden so much. It pops up everywhere and grows short and squat or tall and slim, whatever room it finds available seems to do. It is very reliable and when it has been self-seeding in a garden for a few years, it forms multi-variety patches, some of which, I don't even remember planting!



It is prolific enough that I need not feel guilty when pulling it up like weeds when it shows up where I don't want it. Truth be told, there are not many places I don't want it though.

I went around the garden today and did inventory of the Viola blooming now. Aside from the common tri-colour, I found 'Erlyn Lemon with Bluewing', the orange half of 'Halloween Mix', 'Antique Shades', 'Black Duet', 'Valentine' and an unknown purple. Not all will self-seed for next year as some are better at that than others, making it always fun to watch them popping up in the Spring and waiting to see what they bloom to be.