Sunday, July 3, 2022

JUNE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER



"And since all this loveliness cannot be Heaven,  I know in my heart it is June."

– Abba Woolson

     
        My backyard boulder garden has lots of textures that make it interesting even when not in bloom - the mark of a true garden, IMO.

The unusually hot weather of May continued into June and with very little rainfall I spent a lot of time weeding and watering.  The daylilies suffered from the warm, humid weather in Spring and had an ugly fungus that turned its blades yellow.  I have decided to move them to another location and replace them with coneflowers which bloom for a much longer season and don't have problems with fungus.

June begins with the arrival of the dreaded devastating Japanese beetle.  I put out 6 traps and they easily fill up.  I also pick them off in the early morning and evening and feed them to my chickens.


My 'moonbeam' coreopsis did very well this year and I want to add more of them due to their long bloom season.  My favorite color palette is orange/yellow/red and blue/purple . Sometimes pinks and whites sneak in.


I still find it amazing that I have asters blooming in June !  Also discovered my banana palm has a bunch of small fruits on it.  Most unusual.


Amazingly, and at only 3-4 ' high, this banana palm has fruit.

Alas  June is at an end and the hottest and wettest month, July is just around the corner.  





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