Love the sounds of the water. Lovely garden! Such a big difference in timing from my zone 8b garden. Never give up on your hibiscus, they are always the last to wake up.
I think it's Outside Pride that has a mini clover that would work in the damp area instead of grass. Of course has the seasonal little blooms and is a nitrogen fixer. Invades just a tiny bit but is on runners that are super easy to pull. I don't even mow mine. Just edge the border.
I’m zone 4B, working on changing my grass to clover and I love it. Great for the pollinators and the deer will eat it and tend to leave my plants alone 😅
New sub from Minnesota. We say kla-mat-is, too! I need two clematis to climb an arbor with my roses. I just bought a rhodie recently. I tried one a few years ago and it disappeared without a trace from my garden by the following Spring. Strangest thing ever! So fingers crossed this time 'round. 🤞 Love your waterfall and the cottage house on top. I've got a sizable collection of houses the same size as yours, but I've never thought of placing them in the garden. How fun! I use them for a snow village in the house. Love the name Milkweed & Roses, btw! We used to have rabbits clipping off our tulips blooms and leaving them where they fell. So maddening! Our solution was putting up a green 4 ft wire fence for a few seasons and then took it done. We haven't had trouble since. Did you have a mild winter in Iowa? Our winter in MN was probably the mildest ever recorded. We got a taste of what a southern winter must be like hitting 70F in February and loads of 50's from Nov - Apr!
So good to hear from you! I like the idea of putting up a fence until the rabbits get so frustrated they learn to find food sources elsewhere. Yes, it was such a mild winter (except for a couple weeks of -20) but I see plants coming back that previous years didn’t show up in the spring. So, we’ll see. Yes, the rhododendron is looking good. Fingers crossed it all works well! Happy gardening!
I put my clematis in an arch last year the only problem was all the blooms were on top of the arch so I didn't get to see them like I normally do. I had envisioned blooms all up the arch and in top. I moved the arch this year and put a trellis back in place.
What type of clematis is it? Does it bloom early (on old wood) or late season (new wood)? Or a combo? I have all three types and the flowers come on different parts of the stems, depending on what type of clematis I have and (frankly) how bad my winter was that year. I hope you have better luck with your blooms this year!
Oh gosh, I have to be honest-that’s an outdoor speaker. A Bose (hubby tells me-that’s his thing). The angle shown in the video makes it look like a stool but it’s just the speaker. Hope you find something that works--I have back issues as well. Take care!
