McGrath's Anniversary Native Garden: May 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

Blooming

Just stopped by the garden.

The Ohio Horsemint has a nice color now. The blazing star is getting bigger. The Joe Pye Weed is getting ready to bloom.

And the coreopsis looks good, even though it likes to fall on the sidewalk. We need to get out the bamboo canes & start staking somethings.

by Snapdragon

Meeting

We had a birthday lunch for Sunflower.

We stopped by the garden. It's a sunny day and every plants seem very good. We decided to take off today, and we'll meet next Tuesday night from 6:00.

by Monarda

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Weeding

We weeded. The Anniversary Native Garden is under control now.

( 1 hours, 3 people worth of work)

by Monarda

Virginia Sweetspire

Virginia Sweetspire is blooming.

by Monarda

Ohio horse mint

Ohio horse mint is getting pinkish. Can't wait to see it's blooming.

by Monarda

Ladybug larva

Ladybug larva will save our asters from aphids. We couldn't see ladybugs, but some larvae on the asters. They might be next generation. Go ladybug!

by Monarda

Coreopsis

Coreopsis is blooming. The yellow color of coreopsis and Missouri evening primrose are so bright in green.

by Monarda

Missouri Evening Primrose

Missouri Evening Primroses are blooming. The flowers are growing bigger than last year.

by Monarda

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Coreopsis

One coreopsis is blooming. Coreopsis flowers tell us the summer vacation is just around the corner.

by Monarda

Missouri Evening Primrose

What are these? These are Missouri Evening Primrose's buds. The reddish spots of bud and the same color stem are well matched.

by Monarda

Ohio horse mint

Trasplant of the ohio horsemint works well. They have some buds.

by Monarda

Morning glory

These are morning glories. Fallen seeds from last year give us new generation. What color will they be? Pink? Purple? Blue?

by Monarda

Rose mallow

Rose mallow's shoots are getting taller.

by Monarda

Clematis

More flowers of clematis are blooming. The pink one started to bloom.

by Monarda

Virginia Sweetspire

Virginia Sweetspire starts to bloom.

by Monarda

We weeded. The Rattlesnake Master and Shrubby St. John's Wort are spread everywhere in the Anniversary Garden. Tons of aphis are sucking jucies from asters. We've never seen huge amount of aphis before. We hope ladybugs have a big appetite. Go ladybug!

We found some wild petunias. Looking forward to see its flower.

( 0.75hours, 2 people worth of work)

by Monarda

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Aphids

These are close-up pictures of the aphids. The aphids are sucking the juices out of the new growth, so you usually see them on the tips of the leaves. These just happen to be green, but they come in a variety of colors. The lady bug seems to be doing a good job of eating them, if you look carefully, the leaf is pretty clean. I'm hoping the rain will knock them off.

by Snapdragon

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Aphids

We found tons of aphids at the top of the asters. We cut their tip from the asters near the bench. This is the first time to see the breeding of aphids.

However, the ladybugs are saving us! We found three ladybugs on the aster near the music room, so they will eat aphids. Welcome ladybugs! This is a nature rule.

by Monarda

Pruning and weeding

We pruned two boxwood shrubs this week. Snapdragon cut its top pointy, but Monarda cut it round..... isn't it funny? We weeded, too. The sickly Showy Goldenrod is looking better this week. Good news!