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SPRING!

Hello, everyone!

I've been trying to keep my garden diary updated on my garden web site, but
I haven't updated it in a week or two.

Last weekend I took out a Euryops pectinatus 'Viridis' that was getting
overgrown and didn't look good where it was. Euryops is a very common
commercial landscape plant here--you see both the green and grey-leafed
varieties *everywhere*. This particular plant was right next to the Modesto
Ash street tree we have. After taking it out and digging up all the soil in
the area and adding some compost, I've planted eight new Pacific Coast
Hybrid irises instead. I hope they do well there, as they are lovely in
bloom.

In the back yard, the big news is that we've found someone to take out our
enormous, lopsided, shade-the-whole-yard black walnut tree (California
Black Walnut, aka Juglans hindsii or Claro Walnut). They start removing it
tomorrow. We found someone who takes out trees like this for the wood, so
it's costing a lot less than the $2000 it would take to take out this tree
otherwise. We've started planning the back yard redesign already...an
apricot and a cherry tree (double grafted so it'll self polinate), enough
lawn for croquet, a potting area with a gazebo/screen hiding it, etc. Can't
wait!!

Other than that, my roses are in their full flush of bloom, with Sutter's
Gold leading the pack (and already finishing up) and Brandy trailing a bit
behind (full of buds today). The Spellcaster blossoms are GORGEOUS!
Provence lavender is filling out with lots of buds and Hidcote lavender is
starting to show some life. Wooly thyme is blooming, but not in full bloom
yet. Thymus hirsutus is just starting to blossom, and thymus necefferi is
close behind (I'm really looking forward to seeing that one--it usually
looks like a ground cover juniper, so imagine a juniper with thyme
blossoms!). Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)--the species and the pale
blue 'Greyhound Rock' cultivar--are both slowing down, and the other two
cultivars I have--S. bellum 'Album' and S. bellum 'Rocky Point'--have yet
to start blooming, though the white flowered form has flower stalks up.

That's about it from this little patch of suburbia here in Santa Clara, CA.
I really enjoy reading about everyone's gardens...hope you enjoy mine as
well!

Cheryl

Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw
Santa Clara, California
renshaw@best.com
http://www.best.com/~renshaw/
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