I would like to have said Mid August doldrums, but my web sever doesn’t like me to say things like that. Oh well. Let’s just say mid August whatever. I don’t know who is looking more tired, my gardens or me. I need to get the gardens fed, they need a boost to wake them up. The heat and the lack of rain is hindering them. Yes, I have been watering but with a limited well and a vegetable garden to water I to have been very careful about where my water is going. Don’t fret though, I still have plenty of flowers to go around for everyone’s enjoyment. And don’t worry, I am still having a blast growing flowers and seeing all of my flower people.
Enough of me. I know you want to know what is new on the flower front at Lottarock. The asters are starting to show color. A few stems have been picked and put into bouquets, but now they are starting to come into their own.
The peacock orchid lilies are starting to throw out a flower stem here and there. It will be a lucky flower person that will score a stem of those. And a stem is all one needs. The stems might be a little contorted but placed in an empty wine bottle as a vase it would be stunning, and the fragrance will knock your socks off. The amaranth is still growing our of control. I have no idea what is up with it, but it is certainly taller than me. Next year not so many, or grow them in lean soil. The extra big ones I am going to leave for the birds at this point. It would have to be an enormous bouquet to support the size of those flowers.
I have started to put in my tulip orders. Oh silly me. I think I am up to almost a thousand bulbs now. I hope you all love tulips. The flowers ordered are going to be crazy! They are flowers. In the spring. Need I say more?
Until next week. Allie