Category: Dappled Willow
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Gardening Diary – April 27, 2024
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The Dappled Willow at the right side of the back garden “exploded” in growth this past month! We decided to prune this plant since it was interfering with our access into the back garden and was hanging over into our neighbors’ yard. While I was pruning the Dappled Willow, Sharon…
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Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022
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Front porch bed. Picture taken on July 15, 2022. Sharon pruned the Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’], the Pink Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’] and the Orange Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’] in the front porch bed. Picked up the branches that were pruned off the…
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Gardening Diary – July 14, 2022
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Right front beds. Picture taken on July 14, 2022. Reinstalled the 2 fence panels next to the right front fence. Sprayed the weeds in the right fence beds with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer. Weed-eated the area around the right front beds. Sharon pruned the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’],…
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Gardening Diary – July 4, 2022
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Right side of home. Picture taken on July 4, 2022. Removed the vine that we think is a Trumpet Vine that grew on the side of the right side of the house. Weeded the Fern bed. Sharon removed a Maple tree that growing next to the house and another bush…
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Gardening Diary – February 9, 2022
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Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] Picture was taken on February 9, 2022. Started to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that was next to the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] which we finished pruning a couple of days ago. The pruning is essentially the removal of twigs that were…
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Gardening Diary – February 7, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 7, 2022. Finished pruning the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Took the refuse over to Dave’s gulley.
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Gardening Diary – February 1, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 1, 2022. Continued to prune the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Still some more pruning needs to be done. Took a wagonful of refuse from the pruning over to Dave’s gulley. Walking by the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’], noticed…
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Gardening Diary – January 31, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on January 31, 2022. The Dappled Willow next to the right fence has grown quite large. Many of its branches hung over the fence as seen in the following picture from last April. Dappled Willow before pruning [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on…
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Gardening Diary – April 21, 2021
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Sharon and the covered Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Picture taken on April 21, 2021, In preparation for the predicted lows (near freezing), Sharon and I covered the Tomatoes and Peppers in the Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Moved the pail, that contained the Hosta [Hosta sp.] plant dug up in the…
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Gardening Diary – April 19, 2021
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Spent the day pruning the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] which is next to the right fence. Placed the refuse in the ditch on Dave’s property. Dappled Willow before pruning. [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on April 19, 2021. Dappled Willow after pruning. [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on April…