The large, original one starting peeking up the first few days of June. Phew!
I was quite sure the darker ones were done for; went out and checked almost every day and decided that I'd just have to go buy a new one to replace it when we got back from our weekend away.
But finally, in the second week of June, we got back from our trip and upon inspection, I found two tiny little stalks peeking about an inch or less above the dirt!
I gently tugged at one...it was a bug.
Not even joking. It was almost like a tiny praying mantis type of bug whose lower part of its body appeared to be emerging from some kind of itty bitty cocoon that was coming out of the ground. And I pulled it right out.
Well that surprised me and I figured I ruined its emergence to new life. Sorry!
The other stalk, though, did not pull out - it really was the start of an elephant ear.
Within days it unfurled itself...
And one by one they've been expanding and growing, so that's exciting.
So has the giant-leafed plant I don't know the name of...
The little baby mums bloomed and are still going strong 3 weeks later. They are so cute and are just the perfect burst of white in the middle of the garden.
I love looking out and seeing them from the deck or 2nd story windows:
Since these pictures some of them have started dying off; so sad.
I shall miss them.
The Astilbe and Caladium bulbs have popped:
My fuchsia "bush" is sadly tiny again; I'd hoped with a tree taken out next to it, it would get more sunlight and thrive (supposed to get up to 4' tall!) but alas.
Same as last year: about 8" tall with one little blossom!
The Phlox (tall green stalks in the center of the picture below) is so huge and should be blooming soon! Definitely will need to thin and possibly relocate in the fall: who knew they got so big?!
All in all, I just still think it's the pertiest garden around!
(One of these days I will get finishing on my cute little walkways!)
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