Viola

Activities

• trim lantana, liriope, roses, abelia
  
• fertilize violas with Nitrate of Soda

Activity

Seeded the following indoors and out.

• African Daisy Dimorphotheca
• Johnny Jump up Viola Cornuta
• Lemon Mint Monarda citriodora
• Moss Verbena Verbena tenuisecta
• Ox-Eyed Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
• Purple Tansy Phacelia tanacetifolia
• Scarlet Flax Linum rubrum
• Chicory Cichorium Intybus
• Showy Primrose Oenothera speciosa
• Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima
• Nierembergia Blue Mountain Nierembergia
• Bachelor's Button Centaurea moschata, "the bride"

The germination temperature for all of the above is between 65 and 75 deg. Air temperature is between 40 and 80. Ground temperature at 2" is between 50 and 60 deg. I'll use the plants started indoors to fill the gaps in those that don't' germinate outdoors. Some like Oenothera and Linum resent transplanting, so I'm not sure if they are worth the trouble of trying to start indoors.

Bulbs and Pansies

I think these bulbs are the wild "tarda" tulips, in yellow.


The Pansies in pots get "Nitrate of Soda" fertilizer when the temperatures are below 60deg. (as do the sweet peas)


King Alfred daffodils.


Violas and Narcissus.

Church Front Border

Sweet Box is healthy. This is it's first year.

Two of the four Dusty Millers I moved here have survived. I guess that's pretty good in such deep shade.


The Foxgloves are 90% gone.


Yellow Violas are persistent but dwindling.


Late Larkspur are in their prime. Summer sweet is making buds. I pruned underneath the Forsythia.

Gardenia Bed

Blue Pansies have had it by the end of may here. It protects them quite well through this point though. Just a little low direct sunlight before twilight.

Pansies and Violas

Pansies and Violas are growing taller and covering the daffodil leaves. Their pace is picking up with the temperature. Shelagh doesn't like the yellow with the pink shamrocks. We'll use white or blue next year near the church.