My Little Garden 18th May 2024
Mid May is an exciting time in the garden. The tulips may be over, but summer is on the horizon, and the roses are starting to bloom alongside many early perennials.
The only blot on gardening life at the moment is the slugs and snails that have destroyed white alliums (as you will here shortly). The echinaceas are also being chomped, and nothing seems to stop the march of the slimy army. Whilst I have plenty of slug unfriendly plants, it’s so frustrating to see so many favourites struggling.
So what’s doing well and what’s succumbing to the garden monsters.
- Iris and geum
Working well together, although the iris isn’t the one I ordered, which was ‘Rosario’. This is the third time that this particular online company has sent me the wrong bulbs or bare root perennials.
2. Roses
I shared a photo of Rosa ‘Handel’ on Twitter/X earlier this week, which just pipped ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ to the first to flower spot.
3. White alliums and slugs
This was Allium ‘Evereste’, its stem stripped and nibbled through.
And the flower. Aaagh!!
And last night I found one of the little ‘blighters’ (not the word I used at the time) inside the last flower. What is going on.
4. Leaves
Cotinus ‘Golden Lady’ has the most beautiful greeny gold leaves.
5. Wallflowers
Happily immune to slug pests.
6. Weigela and aquilegia
An accidental combination that has worked quite well.
I’ve got an early start with a planting job this morning, so will probably have to catch up later.
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading.
