Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June 2014, 5 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
Got busy in the garden yesterday and decided to divide my irises--they looked very crowded and didn't bloom well for me this year. Thank goodness for Gita's hands-on lesson last fall, and Jill's helpful articles! :-)

Then, I decided to remove one of the pre-existing rose bushes. It's been ridden with pests and the blooms were turning brown and withering right away, so I lopped away at it and discovered that the whole thing was dying anyway! I guess that explains why it was looking so bad. :-( I couldn't get the huge roots at the base out of the soil, so I left them in there for now. Fortunately, just last year it sprouted a fine looking baby, so I left that in there, and I'm glad it has the opportunity to live on in the baby. :-)

In its place, I planted my red chokeberry bush which has been wanting more sun anyway. It sure looks empty there right now!

Also got my indoor plants into larger pots! So, it was a productive day. Unfortunately, I need to get some *indoor* chores done now. (sigh) Why is there always time/energy for garden chores but never any for indoor chores??

1) Red Chokeberry planted in old rose spot
2) Beauty Bush 'Pink Cloud' planted in spot where several irises were cleared out
3) Pile of debris from old rose bush
4) Newly-potted begonias and fuchsia
5) Newly-divided irises