Mid-Atlantic Gardening: July blooms, 3 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
What the heck may as well go for broke, right? =) I'd had to cut EVERYTHING back for Orkin to come do the trenching/rodding for termites, and that meant that shrubs near the house had to be cut back as well. Well, waaayyy back when, before I knew anything about plants/planting, I'd installed my sedum up against the house, and quite frankly, there it stays. (you may bonk me on the head with a spade any time you like). The were blooming before their haircuts. Then they were 1" tall. And brown. And crispy. ... Now?

1 - Sedum - Revisited. I can't believe they are coming back already, and in only 2 weeks!!

2 - One of my Platycodons, was cut back to about 4" tall and about 8" from the wall. Now it's smothered in buds again and over 12" tall. Wheee!!!

3 - One of my Lemongrasses on the front porch. This year I put a few little petunias around the base of it... just got one bloom left. I think I might need to feed them.

4 - One of 3 Lemongrasses on back deck.