I came home today to even more hollyhocks open - even the double fluffy yellow ones. I didn't even notice they were about to bloom so it was a nice surprise since I didn't know double ones exsisted. I am truly a greenhorn. I've been looking around and seeing how many things will need to be moved for next year since they're much taller than the plants behind them - at least from the street view - from my angle sitting in the scrren porch the shorter ones are just right. Who am I trying to please?
Maybe it's partly because I have a greater variety of plants now and it didn't really matter until this year that things were short or tall. I'll have to start thinking of shapes and sizes and move things accordingly. Gardening is satisfying if you enjoy controlling things and if you just like plants too.
There - it's raining again. Made it in from taking pictures just in time.
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3 comments:
The fun is in making it a personal vision.... if you like the short in the back, then so be it.
Those double holly hocks are awfully spectacular, but like double petunias, can sometimes look like wet kleenex when they get rained on.
Happy 4th! Have fun painting!
My vision would be much improved by the visit of a truck with loam and more mulch...perhaps in the fall...yes, wet and thoroughly unabsorbent kleenex - I see that this morning. You want to tell them to shake off!
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