It is with some relief that I can report that the annual pruning is finished. Now we wait for the sticks to burst forth with flowers and leaves.
At Burnbrae (Blue Mountains garden) the daffodils are in flower. Here at Rose Orchard Haus (Kandos) the bulb shoots are only just now coming through. I am not sure what has caused this delay. The neighbour says the same is happening in her garden. My thinking it's either the drought or the delayed start to winter as we had a very warm June.
At Whistler's Rest (Clandulla) the wattle is now in bloom though I'm not expecting much of a spring display of native flowers because it's super dry there.
All your hard work should be well rewarded. I'm afraid we never get around to pruning, not even the roses! I'm sure our garden would look a lot better if we attended to this chore!
ReplyDeleteI have let the apple and pear trees go feral because they were too high for me to reach to do pruning. As such I have done the peaches, apricot and plums to spare them the same fate. I left the roses unpruned last year but they got too overgrown and hence black spot so I decided I need to do them this year. The crepe myrtles and a couple of other shrubs have to be done because they would encroach on power lines if left untouched. So it is more out of necessity than good gardening.
DeleteDry in your place, too rainy/cloudy in the best month of the year here (and I actually love rain).
ReplyDeleteI think summer rain is OK because it is warm. Cloudy not so nice.
DeleteYou might get a nice surprise Joan Elizabeth, spring flowers seem to have a will of their own despite the weather 🌸
ReplyDeleteWe have had our bush block 9 years and have observed that when there is no rain there are no flowers - well not exactly none, very few. In our other gardens things are more reliable. Here's hoping from some nice spring rain - I am sure the farmers would welcome it.
DeleteA big job, but so worth the effort. How lovely to have daffodils in your garden.
ReplyDeleteI agree, daffodils are a lovely thing that you are unlikely to see in warm climate gardens. However I find even here they can be a bit fickle, going gang busters for a few years then just petering out. I have not had much success getting tulips to do much after their first year (too lazy to lift them). Jonquils on the other hand, keep on keeping on.
DeleteWeather does have its effect in spring. It happened here this past spring in which a lot of the early spring growth was delayed by a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that is the case here and that they are not just turning up their toes due to two years of dry conditions.
DeleteA big job over. I bet it makes you feel good.
ReplyDeleteIt sure does feel good. However, I have now moved onto giving my mountain garden a pre-spring clean up blowing paths etc. I don't prune anything here other than giving the hydrangea a bit of a haircut and pulling dead fronds from the tree ferns. It's a very wild garden.
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