Things have finally filled in to the point that I can get a good couple of shots without a dead looking hydrangea in the frame. April 2011 is weeks ahead of last year. The star jasmine is out in its full glory, and the first flush of roses beat out nearly everything in the garden. Cleome is up and blooming, though significantly shorter than normal for bloom time. The salvias are looking like its mid June. The coneflowers, beebalm, and garden phlox are totally ignoring all this and are all about 4 inches high, wondering what the heck all the rush is for.
The jasmine, as you see, is definitely blooming, so obviously the disease from March didn't kill it, however, it did lose most of its leaves. New leaves have come up, but it is looking about as wimpy leaved as any jasmine I've ever seen!!! Still, its not dead, and no longer losing any leaves. Hopefully I can keep it clear for a year so it can recover can get a little less tragic looking.
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Yes we are way ahead of last year that's for sure, it was so cold then. My jasmine isn't doing so well as a certain puppy dog decided to use one of the large branches as a chew toy. I'm not sure if I'm going to take the pathetic thing down or not.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is just lovely! A Charleston garden indeed!
That jasmine looks wonderful to me, and your "aged" statue is perfectly sited there - also love your agapanthus. Looks wonderful where you are :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous Jess! I'm impressed with how much you have blooming. My impressive displays of blooms at the moment are from my bolting kale and broccoli ;) I still love the statue, it looks like it's always been there. Simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog on French Laundry's blogroll. Your garden is lovely. My husband and I lived in Mt. Pleasant for 15 years before I retired from teaching and we moved to his hometown. We started a blog in January and some of our posts are about gardening. Come visit: http://cottageatthecrossroads.com
ReplyDeleteVery nice garden shots! Your jasmine looks great! Mine is half green, half brown. Not sure whether to rip it up, so I haven't yet. And yes, your statue looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteJess the jasmine looks great with your new statue. In fact, everything looks great.
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! Your garden is so lush and full of blooms. Mine is still not quite in full bloom yet, and jasmine does not begin until June... I love the statue with the jasmine, just perfect.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely garden especially those white star jasmine, just love them creeping like that on your trellis! Other flowers add colours to that lovely corner!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous!!
ReplyDeleteJess, no wonder you wanted a statue. It looks outrageous in front of that jasmine. What a beautiful scene you've created.
ReplyDeleteJess, Your garden is very beautiful. I am amazed that you are so far ahead. We are really behind, which I prefer. Hellebores are still forming buds and flowering and daffodils are in full swing. Carolyn
ReplyDeleteHi there! Thanks everyone for the compliments... as you well know this shot is strategically placed... I have some big holes that the flattening of the image hides! It is the view from my backdoor though, so I sort of plant for that effect. I missed the rose flush though, waiting for the hydrangeas to get leaves on them for this picture.
ReplyDeleteThe jasmine does look decent I'll admit, though for this climate I'll have to show you what its supposed to look like (and everyone elses in town looks like) and you'll see why I think he's looking wimpy.
Being ahead here is actually a wonderful thing, because we have the great death by heat in July and August where its just miserable to sit outside. Then we have second garden time in September-Early Dec. So, the earlier I have flowers the longer I can enjoy them without dying out there. When I lived in the north though, I never wanted anything out early. All at once, all in May!
gorgeous and stunning garden...
ReplyDeleteAll of my stuff is ahead of schedule this year as well. Usually our cold weather lasts a *little* longer and kills off some of the emerging buds. This year it didn't.
ReplyDeleteI so love the smell of star jasmine!
Beautiful. Here in the Midlands, the heat has put everything weeks ahead of last year, too. Glad to hear you have a few plants that are taking their time.
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