Northeast Gardening: Finally, I'm posting pictures!, 1 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
The central daylily beds were another nightmare, particularly because of goldenrod, tradescantia and the vine, also tackled in two sections. Last fall I had a helper dig up the longer bed and divide the plants, then I again used water to clean the roots and tried to get weed roots out of the soil before I re-planted. A few of the clumps were so huge and woody he had to use a mattock to divide them! I've never before seen daylily roots look like that! This spring the second bed got re-shaped as well. I've been policing with RU while the daylilies were small enough to see what was coming up, so I have hopes even though I've already pulled out a couple of small clumps of Tradescantia and zapped a few baby vines.

On the right, the first section is at the top of what we call the Falling Down Wall. I wiped that out a couple of years ago and it's getting good now. A story for another day...

Beyond the big Rhodie is the last section to be renovated. I just re-shaped the edge a couple of weeks ago and got very excited about it. It needs some refinement, but all of a sudden the whole place took on a new look.

Enough for now... I hope you enjoy looking...

Pam



This message was edited Jun 12, 2011 3:39 PM