{"id":5830,"date":"2017-11-14T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siteandinsight.com\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2017-11-14T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:22:02","slug":"planting-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenvillaartgarden.com\/fr\/planting-for-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week my computer went on the blink and for three whole days, my typing fingers\u00a0had a rest. The\u00a0days off-line\u00a0gave me time to do other things, but instead of using the time wisely, I wandered around feeling bereft.<\/p>\n

So it was only yesterday, when all was once again well on the computer front, that I ventured outside to plant bulbs. I should have done this weeks ago but the weather had been so fine, almost summer-like,\u00a0that I kept putting it off.<\/p>\n

Until\u00a0the snow fell.<\/p>\n

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\"Snow

Snow on November 10? Not a welcome sight.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There wasn’t much of it, but it was a clear warning that the job had to be done before the ground froze. Thankfully I hadn’t ordered too many bulbs so the job didn’t take long.<\/p>\n

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\"Empty

Empty boxes and bags are proof that all the bulbs are now in the ground.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Planting bulbs lets me hope and dream. Come spring, will I see a sprinkle or a cloud of snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii)<\/em> alongside\u00a0the path to\u00a0 the China Terrace?<\/p>\n

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\"Daffodils

Daffodils along the path to the China Terrace bloom in May. All being well, the snowdrops will bloom in April.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Will the several dozen trout lilies (Erythronium tuolumnense<\/em> ‘Pagoda’) planted under the witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana<\/em>) by the front door look like they grew there naturally, as I\u00a0intend?<\/p>\n

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\"The

The blossoms on the native witch hazel aren’t showy but they shine in the sunshine on an autumn day.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walking in my mind along the path through the Big Meadow, I\u00a0dream of\u00a0seeing a mix of blue and white Camassia (Camassia leichtlinii ‘alba’ and ‘caerulea’)<\/em>\u00a0poking their heads\u00a0through the grass.<\/p>\n

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\"I

The group of gardeners walking the path through the Big Meadow visited Glen Villa last June. The\u00a0camassia I planted on either side of the path should bloom soon after, before the grass gets too tall. Fingers crossed that the bulbs will naturalize.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And with luck,\u00a0my dream of seeing foxtail lilies (Eremurus x isabellinus<\/em>\u00a0‘Cleopatra’) towering above the boxwood and nepeta at The Aqueduct will come true.<\/p>\n

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\"Eremurus

Eremurus isn’t reliably hardy in my zone. But the thought of the tall orange-toned spikes rising above the nepeta made the choice irresistible.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What I’m most eager to see\u00a0though, are the blossoms on the long avenue of crabapple trees we finally finished planting. (I wrote about them in my last blog post<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The Avenue is impressive, whether seen from the road looking north…<\/p>\n

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\"The

The ground is a mess now and the tags and trunk protectors need to be removed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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or from the driveway looking\u00a0south.<\/p>\n

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\"The

The Avenue stretches across a very muddy field.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the spring we’ll harrow and seed this long strip of earth, now arrow-straight. The grass\u00a0should be a young, tender green when the trees bloom, pink and white.<\/p>\n

\"Looking

Looking along the line of tree trunks confirms that every tree is where it should be. Hooray!<\/p><\/div>\n

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But first\u00a0we’ll enjoy another winter, with snow piled high outside and fires roaring inside. There will be books to read and dreams to dream.<\/p>\n

And finally, spring will come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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