RE: artemisia > fluff my mulch

Well Kitty- you best go un-fluff it! It is cold here last night and this
morning....after a warm daytime yesterday. (temps went from - light jacket
to t-shirt- to heavy winter coat and turn the heat on in the van for me)

Nothing near bloom time here yet, daffs just starting to put their noses
out, but you have inspired me to go check out the rest of the gardens as
soon as I get a chance. 

And what I have noticed is this area seems to have had *a lot* of heaving
this year. Not sure how bad my garden is, but noticing while driving around
how many retainer walls, bricked mailboxes, and other hardscapes have
shifted or come down this season... some of that stuff has been there since
the beginning of time, so it is not like new construction was to blame....

Today is either going to the flower show at Navy Pier or checking on the
garden.... and by tonight the decision has to be made whether we are going
to be on the railroad convention tour or not.... (and that is a hard
decision for me to make at this time of the year, not knowing what survived
in the gardens....)

Donna



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Mardi- I fluffed my mulch, too, yesterday as it was my day off and we had
> a
> beautiful day of sunshine and 58 degrees.  My early crocus with the
> sunniest
> exposure are all blooming and even a couple of Dutch ones next to some
> snowdrops. Many others on the east side were trying their best to push
> through the shredded leaf mulch I'd dumped on them, so I gave them a hand.
> I have containerized plantings in 3 spots covered with shredded leaves, so
> I
> uncovered all so I could write down the names (I lost the list I made last
> fall) so I can make plant tags for the sale next month.  One set of pots,
> all the Hosta divisions, mostly in quarts had been set in ground so I dug
> them out and put them in the drafty cold Florida room.  They'll warm up a
> little faster there than in the ground and maybe that way they'll leaf out
> a
> bit and be more saleable.  The other containers are showing some growth,
> but
> since March can be a roller coaster, I still left some loose leaf
> shredding
> over the new growth, but did remove the bulk of it so as not to either
> cook
> the new or rot the crown.  the Washington Hawthorns were chewed to bits by
> rabbits. A fourth group of about 24 large pots are tulips that are going
> to
> the MG Garage Sale in 4 weeks.  I left them covered (north side of house)
> I
> need to check the timing to hopefully have them in bud for the sale.
> 
> My forsythia's not in bloom yet, but the Magnolia buds are swelling.
> Nubbins
> of daylilies are pushing out.  Early anemones have begun growth under
> shredded leaf mulch.  I see nice new growth on Artemisia lactiflora which
> needs division soon.  All the Colchicums have their leaf tips up searching
> for the sun.  Lots of tulip leaves showing everywhere.
> 
> I had also potted and sunk some Ipheion and Allium sphaerocephalon, which
> seem to have swelled and pushed the soil up out of their pots and may need
> repotting.  I guess I was trying to be too thrifty.
> 
> spring is on its way.
> 
> Kitty

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