Garden News: O Happy Hydrangea!

[callmemadam]

Everywhere I go, I see the pale, pinched faces of depressed people. The garden looks pretty depressed, too. Whenever it stops raining for about five minutes, I dash outside and snip off a dead head or pull out a weed. I avoid the patch at the bottom where standing water created a temporary pond for a couple of days. The deer have been in again and between them and the slugs it's a wonder I've a plant left in the garden. But the hydrangeas have never looked better.

C'est la fête à la grenouille.

Comments

[gwendraith.livejournal.com]

My hydrangea has been very slow to flower and is just beginning to bloom but has loads of buds. The lavender doesn't seem to have lasted 5 minutes and it's already dying off which is disappointing. The potted plants look good at least! There's talk of an Indian summer :)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

My hanging basket is taking everything the weather throws at it. I'll never be unkind about begonias or petunias again.