I fertlized all the containers today. They got washed out with the 3½ inches of rain earlier this month. I also gave the two clematis vines (Jackmanii and Venosa violacae) some fertilizer.
Things look okay, and some things look fine. The newest plantings are still limp, the new things from last year are tiny. The sages emerge very slowly -- the transplanted mealycup sage is barely showing anything above ground.
There's a lone white iris that popped up behind the bench. There should be more later.
The new knockout pink rose, tiny and just planted, is blooming. I'm not sure about the pink, it seems too bright and garish, maybe too feminine for a western garden? When the amsonias behind it fill out in the coming years it might be a nice spring combination in bloom then.
The peacock seems to like his new location tucked in among a columbine and bright Japanese forest grass.
