I'm so excited that my blue hydrangeas shrubs have bloomed this year! I know there's not that many blooms, and my plants are small, but I'm still so excited.... because it's been a couple of years since they have bloomed, (more on that and why I think that happened in a little bit). On second thought, I should go ahead and tell you about that before I forget. You see, for two years I was putting used coffee grounds on them, and I think it stunted their growth... and I believe it's why I didn't get blooms either. I did some research, and I am thankful I came across some information on why not to use coffee grounds on plants. I had previously read that plants like used coffee grounds (hmmm), so be careful when researching garden solution things, because the information is conflicting when it comes to coffee grounds in the garden. I stopped immediately upon finding out about how they can stunt things, (which was last fall). This year in the early spring, we fertilized them with some acid loving azalea plant fertilizer granules.... and yay, I have blooms again! See why I'm so excited about it! lol!
But here's how everything is looking right now....
A pair of these hydrangeas (I believe they are called Nikko Blue), were given to us by my husband's mother when we first moved onto our land....the little garden statue was also a gift from her as well...
The secret garden flowers and plants are really growing fast these days, and I am so happy with how everything is flourishing this year....
The other hydrangea has buds, and is almost blooming, (here to the left), To the right the pink polka dot plant, the wax begonia and the English ivy are growing I did find a shell in the pot recently, I've never found a shell in my pots before...any ideas? I'll be keeping on eye on this pot for sure....
My garden flag is from Temu as well as the acrylic stained glass bird ornaments that are hanging on the garden trellis...
The pot of hostas, caladium and impatience back behind the pot of creeping jenny is slow growing...so since photographing it...I've moved it to the front side of this oak tree so it can get some morning sun, maybe that will get them to growing better....fingers crossed!
The creeping jenny here (moneywort) is growing, and hopefully it will overflow and drape down the sides of the pot soon...
The asparagus ferns and the spider plant are doing well so far....
The orange impatience flowers that I have in several pots are doing well so far, and the caladiums in that pot here with the creeping jenny are coming up nicely and growing too...since I got the squirrel to lose interest in it, lol!
I'm enjoying this beautiful time of the year,....though the heat is settling in now in my area, and it will be here to stay for a long while (likely until late September), it will be a very hot and long summer I'm sure, and it will be long enough to probably outlast my pretty flowers at some point...but I am still so thankful for this new season....I love this time of the year and being outside... tending to my flower pots and plants, and it's especially nice in the evenings.
I am so thankful for all of the pretty blooms that seem to be everywhere, in the summertime. This week I found a few little clovers and daisy fleabane flowers and some other little flowers out in our yard this week. I had to pick some and put them in some mini vases to enjoy on the back porch table. They make me smile every time I see them. They were just out there growing all wild...they were requiring no care from me...that makes them all the more beautiful and sweet, don't you think?
"Summertime the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come..."
-Song of Solomon 2:12
I hope you are enjoying all that this warm weather season has to offer us!
Until next time....Stay creative and have a beautiful day!
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