Patience

It's 30 degrees this morning, once again reminding me of why Rhode Island plants wake up slowly. I've been waiting to see how the trillium I lanted last year would do and yesterday finally saw six shoots coming up so figure they're going to be okay. Nothing from the hillside--they're all in the wildflower garden area, but that's okay, the hillside ones must just be a little slower. Oh, and something ate the base right off my oak leaf hydrangea. I think it may have been voles or mice, as it seems to have happened when there were mounds of snow all over that area. Anyway, I can't even find a base, so they may have eaten the roots too! No oak leaf hydrangea this year, it seems...

Gardens of the Blue Ridge

Always a sure sign of spring when my order arrives from Gardens of the Blue Ridge. Some more jack-in-the-pulpit and native ginger, as well as trilliums and some other native plants. This year I'll be reinforcing some patches with additional plants and also working, finally, on a real garden for the front, where grass doesn't really grow in sand... Have this week off to finish the patio wall--it has been cold this morning so got the new plants out of their plastic pbags and into pots and can now get outside to get started on the patio. The goal is to have it so done by the end of the week that any additional work won't disrupt using the patio for its primary purpose--relaxing!