Gardening Diary – May 11, 2020

Removed the remaining Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata] in the bulb bed and around the Green-headed Coneflowers bed.

Red Hot Pokers

[Kniphofia sp.]

Picture taken on May 11, 2020.

Weeded around the Red Hot Pokers [Kniphofia sp.] in the extended original bed.

Green-headed Coneflowers

[Rudbeckia laciniata]

Picture taken on May 11, 2020

Pruned out the remains of last year’s growth in the Green-headed Coneflowers bed.

Butterfly Bush

[Buddleja davidii]

Picture taken May 11, 2020

Pruned the volunteer Butterfly Bush [Buddleja davidii] that is in the front of the left side of the back bed.

Removed a bush that was growing in the back of the Sedum / Iris bed.

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After:

New England Asters

[Aster novae-angliae]

Pictures taken May 11, 2020

Pruned out the remains of last year’s growth of the New England Asters [Aster novae-angliae].


Additional photographs (17) taken today:

Red Hot Pokers

[Kniphofia sp.]

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.

Minnie Pearl Phlox and Walker’s Low Catmint

[Phlox x ‘Minnie Pearl’] and [Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’]

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.

Iris

[Iris sp.]

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.

Showy Evening Primrose

[Oenothera speciosa]

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.

Coral Beauty Cotoneaster

[Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’].

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.

Iris, Daisy Fleabane, and Sonic Bloom Pink Weigela

[Iris sp.], [Erigeron strigosus], and [Weigela florida ‘Bokrasopin’]

Pictures taken on May 11, 2020.