I spent a good bit of time moving and dividing perennials. My record for this season is the spiderwort I divided into 43 new plants. These pictures were taken on May 7, 2010. I only needed one division to replant, but it is almost impossible for me to throw plants away, and propagating is always so much fun. After I make sure that everyone I know has all the spiderwort they need, the leftovers will go to the garden club’s spring sale.
The Nandina are leggy. I want them to be nice and full all the way to the ground. In order to make them look like that, you are supposed to cut 1/3 of the canes off at the ground each year in February. That should cause new canes to grow from the ground, and give you a full, layered look. But I think I forgot to prune them last year, so I cut off 1/2 of the canes. Half of my cuts were close to the ground, and the other half were 2 to 3 feet up. This should give me some new canes at the ground and some fullness in the middle as the plants grow back from the higher cuts
Other things I did in February:
- Cut back all ornamental grasses
- Pruned the ‘Don Juan’ climbing roses (While I pruned, I sang the slightly modified lyrics “Oh come on and let me know. Should you stay or should you go?” Juan and I are both easily amused.)
- Separated and repotted several trays of seedlings
- Started more seeds
- Seeded peas into the vegetable garden
- Planted my lettuce seedlings into the garden (a little early, but I needed the space under the grow lights)
- Began pruning the crepe myrtle
- Called an end to the winter truce, and launched my first attack in the war against weeds
- Ordered seed from John Scheepers (I read an article in the Feb/Mar issue of “Organic Gardening” that said ‘Cavili’ Zucchini doesn’t need to be pollinated. That means I can grow it under a floating row cover, and the squash vine borer will not be able to destroy my entire crop like last year.)
- Harvested a head of broccoli the size of a quarter (one day I will figure out how to grow broccoli)
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