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With the month coming to an end, there are a number of things that happened this month that I didn't get around to posting about in my garden diary.  Here, below are a series of photos showing some of the things that are moving, growing, blooming and....showing-off in our garden. The dahlias that I planted earlier this month - and pinched back - are showing some good growth.  Below is one of the Pooh dahlias that is showing top-growth at the pinch-site: I applied a coat of Neem Oil to the Disneyland Roses.  Combination fungicide + pest control: These weird Allium are in bloom. It is called Sicilian Honey Garlic Allium. This Island Breeze hosta is doing just fine in the shade garden.  Planted in 2023 and mostly forgotten about.  It deserves a better, more-high-profile spot in the garden.  I should transplant it this Fall.   So, too, are the Forbidden Fruit Hostas that I planted in the Fall of 2022 .  They're stars, but buried under more comm...

This second post featuring a new (to me) plant (in this case...a hosta) from the Morton Arboretum 2023 Plant Sale:  An Island Breeze Hosta.  The sign from the sale is below - and this one came in at $16.95...which is more than I'd normally pay for a more-common hosta.  This one is unique and one of the kids liked it, so we bought just one.  My rule of buying more than one is easy to break with hostas - because I know that with a little bit of patience, I'll be able to divide them in a couple of growing seasons.   This is the child of the child of Fire Island Hosta.  According to Walters Garden, at least : First came ‘Fire Island’ which was followed by its variegated progeny ‘Paradise Island’. Now there is ‘Island Breeze’ which is the third member of this “tropical” family and a sport of ‘Paradise Island’. The improvements in this cultivar include more impressive variegation due to its wider margins, thicker leaf substance, and a strong growth rate. Mo...