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| Ugh . . . . |
Everything looks bad after too much rain but most things will recover.
The Chocolate Chip bugleweed at the corner of the front portal does not look like it will.
There is not a sign of greenery or any life at all. One lone tiny blue bloom was sticking up, but now it's gone.
These have struggled, and over the first years I moved them about, finally settling on having them all in a small arc right at this corner. I water and fertilize them.
They should show something by now, approaching mid May. In prior years they were lovely by this time, although the blooms did not last very long.
But they were eye catching at ground level.
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| In 2021 and 2023, the first and second weeks of May |
Over the years they have spread to form a dense mat, but after blooming briefly the foliage never turns the rich green they were originally. They are sort of just there.
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| Will it recover? |
Is it worth keeping them? I think not.
I'll take them out, and in my mission to simplify things, I won't plant anything else. Just leave that small corner open, rock covered, and unplanted.
There is a tiny gaura at the base of the column, and that may be enough.
I'll wait a while to see what comes back if anything, but I am thinking this corner of ajuga has to go. It's never going to have the rich foliage and sparkling flowers it should.
I'll miss it, though.
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| In past years |
And another failure -- the pretty blueberry in the white pot by the kitchen door looks terrible. It is still early spring, but there is no leafing out at all.
In prior years it flowered in late April and was beautifully leafed out in May and June. It was becoming an elegantly structured, nicely green plant to fit that spot.
It looked nice in summer and even lovely in winter when it turned a frosty mahogany.
I think it is gone this year.