My hydrangea is really thriving, and the blooms are amazing and literally larger than my hand. I've been tracking the sun and shade areas of the yard for the past week, and hope to finally decide on a permanent home for it soon. But for now, it's happy in its pot, and with the cold temperatures overnight, I'm glad to be able to pull it back on the porch if I need to!
My pot of portulaca is really colorful. Succulents are all the "new rage" right now, but this plant has been around and in my garden for decades. It tolerates sun, low moisture, and it really hardy. As you can see it also provides so much color! It will fill in and be pretty all summer.
Groundcovers are another area I'm really working on this year. I'm trying some new plants from Stepables and Jeepers Creepers that I bought locally. Both of these vendors offer groundcovers that are able to tolerate different amounts of foot traffic (great for a yard that is also a baseball field).
The variety available was overwhelming! I picked a bunch that offered many different colors, blooms, textures and levels of foot traffic tolerated. I need to get to clearing our slope to get these into the ground. Last year I tried a few, but we ended up digging that area up to put in a path, and it didn't survive the moving. I hope I have better luck this year....I'll keep you posted!
The rest of the garden is flourishing with the perfect combination of rain and sun we've had this week (and surviving the chilliness right now!).
It is supposed to be a great weekend, and three days outside calls my name! Happy Memorial Day everyone. Blessings and our gratitude to those in service to our country and the families of those that have given their lives for our freedom.
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