August 13: A couple of changes for late summer . . .
Read MoreThis has been a great summer so far. My yard seems quite happy with the amount of rain we've had. The summer bloomers continue to do their thing. The Purple Magic crape myrtle was the first of the three in this area to bloom this year. It did so in mid-June, which means it's been sporting purple flowers for a month now.
I had two projects on the agenda for today. In one of my first Yard Adventure undertakings, I planted an Eleanor Tabor Indian Hawthorn shrub directly in front of the house in March 2012 where it did ok, but not great. I moved it to the mailbox area in April 2016 thinking more sun would be beneficial. That idea, which looked good on paper, didn't work at all in practice, (it dropped most of its leaves shortly afterward). It's looked pretty sad ever since.
My reason for wanting to move the hawthorn at this point stems from the nearby Pampas Grass plant which is doing extremely well this year and has slowly been encroaching on the hawthorn's space. So the plan for today was to move it once again before it gets smothered. I broke out the shovel and pulled it out of the ground.
According to the tag that came with the hawthorn, it likes sun. When directly in front of the house didn't work, I moved it to the mailbox. That location, even though it is in full sun, didn't work either for unknown reasons. So now I don't know what to think. I decided to put it next to the Leyland Cypress and Reeves Spireas by the front walk where I had the small relocated azalea. This area gets sunlight, (although not full-sun all day long), and is large enough to give it some room. After a little bit of effort, the hawthorn now has another new address. Everything I do with this plant is a guess at this point. So I'm going to cross my fingers and see what happens.
With the Eleanor Tabor Indian Hawthorn relocated, this meant I had to find yet another home for the small azalea. Since I hacked all of the azaleas next to the driveway this past spring, a decent gap has developed in between two of them large enough to fit this small shrub. This will be the fourth, and hopefully last location for this little guy.