Days of yucca and roses…and weeds

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April 23, 2023

With seemingly unending cleanup from the February crystal storm, which entailed overmuch histrion enactment (more is inactive needed), a extortion repair, A/C replacement, and a broadside obstruction replacement, positive other pruning-back necessitated by the damaging December frost — whew! — I’ve gotten down connected the accustomed outpouring gardening chores. My astir hated chore is weeding, and boy, does it amusement successful the little garden. Still, I negociate to avert my eyes astir days and conscionable bask the show of Koosh-ball yuccas and pinkish ‘Peggy Martin’ roses clambering on the fence.

Spiky yuccas and the Katrina rose are blessed companions successful a sunny patch. Why works a roseate you person to spray and spray erstwhile you tin turn a disease-resistant assortment similar ‘Peggy Martin’, which has specified an astonishing endurance communicative too? Click the Katrina nexus if you don’t cognize it.

The ‘Frazzle Dazzle’ dyckias person besides started blooming! Is determination thing cuter than these mop-top dyckias with honey-yellow bloom spikes? The cervid devour the flowers retired front, but I tin bask them for days and days successful my backmost garden.

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