Late April "Around the Beds" - A Snapshot of Garden Happenings Right Now - April 2026
Spring is moving too quickly around here for individual entries into my garden diary, so I'm doing this little garden stroll/round-up of images and happenings in the garden. Starting out with a garden 'loss'. The freaking rabbits killed one of my Canadian Hemlock trees. I spotted this problem in January , but now the tree is officially DEAD. Too bad. This tree was nurtured for years from a small 8" tall tiny tree. Below are two photos. On the left is the de-needled carcass. On the right is a photo of the trunk that has been gnaw'ed-at. Jerks. In happier-garden-news, the tulips up near the sidewalk IB2DWs bloomed mid-April and looked great. You can see them below, along with a peek at the Sedum and the Purple Smokebush Tree on the far left of the photo: One of the deciduous shrubs that I've really fallen-for the past few years is Matcha Ball Fern-leaf Spirea. I planted one in the front yard island bed last May , so this is...