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Growth time!
Latest post from MARKSVEGPLOT – a blog about food and gardening in England”
I think May counts as Late Spring, and Late Spring is when perennial plants put on lots of new growth. In this post I want to show you how this is happening in my garden.
This is the first thing I want to show off – Rhubarb. Last Autumn I moved my Rhubarb crowns into a big tub, which I filled with lots of rich composted stable manure. The plants have loved this, and have responded by putting up some enormous leaves:
I’m almost regretting my decision to refrain from picking any Rhubarb this year (letting the plants settle-in and regain their strength). They just keep putting up new leaves:
The Dogwoods which I pruned so severely a few weeks ago are responding well too – lots of fresh young shoots on all the plants, such as this Cornus Alba “Aureum”.
And on this Cornus Sericea “Cardinal”
Last year my Clematis produced a grand total of three flowers. I didn’t prune it, and this year it has done much better. I know that you need to treat the various types of Clematis differently, but I don’t know what type this one is (it was an un-named ”freebie” from a magazine). Presumably it is one that doesn’t like pruning!
My Blueberry bushes got a hard pruning last year, having become very straggly. They too are now putting on lots of new growth – which is of course what you expect when you prune hard. I don’t think I will get much fruit this year, and the beneficial effects will only be felt next year. However, there will definitely be some berries:
My little patch of ferns is looking good too. I have five plants now. Every Autumn I cut off all the dead fronds, and every Spring a new lot grows back.
This one has made a circular “crown of fronds”:
Look at the difference in this Purple Sage plant. This is it on March 7th (after severe pruning, you’ll notice)
And this is the same plant on 20th May:
A big difference, I think you’ll agree! With June beginning next week, I’m hopeful that we will soon see the advent of some proper “Summer” weather, and then the plants should really take off.
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Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2015/05/growth-time.html
