Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening #4 - July 11, 2014 and beyond, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Judy--

The pink Canna itself was difficult to extricate from the mess.
I was, actually, using my small trowel to hack with--like I was killing something...:o
The canna roots were surrounded by the A-Fern roots with all those water nodes.
There were also 3 different Purple Oxalis to dig and save.
They too had these big, translucent nodes.....like short, fat carrots.

I did want to save the fern--as I thought it would lok nice hanging in my bathroom
by the small window right above the toilet (humidity??) , May not be a good idea,
but when I get my mind set on something--I want to try it out.
All the rest were annuals and got yanked.

Well--re leaves--I see that these cold nights, finally, caused all the leaves to drop from the
Silver maple. it sure hangs on to its leaves for a long time!
The Red Maple drops hers in 2 cycles of dropping.
Time to rake and shred and dump them over the beds. I may even run it through
2 cycles of shredding......so she says.....???

Here are the Asparagus fern nodes...I left a bunch attached to the plant.

AND--My Clivia is blooming in the Shop. I do not always have the light on down there...

G.