The second picture is what my perennial garden looked like when we first moved into this house about 3 months ago.
The first picture is what it looks like now after I cleaned it up, gave it some much needed care and water and sat back and patiently waited to see what bloomed. It is clearly so overgrown and looks horrible! I am planning to rototill it in a couple of months. There are quite a few flowers in there that I'd like to dig up and replant though. Here is a short list of some of them that I can identify:
Jonquils, Primrose, Irises, Mullein, Hyacinths, Poppies, Bellflower, Sedum, Mums, Coreopsis, Hydrangea and Achillea.
There are also a million strawberries growing in there that I am just going to get rid of as they are taking over the bed and the squirrels eat them anyways. My question is though....does anyone have any advise on digging any of these plants up and replanting them? I've never done a complete overhaul like this so any advise you have would be greatly appreciated!
2 comments:
I just caught that you're in Ashtabula (or at least grew up there)... hello, "neighbor!" I'm in Lakewood, so that's still a good drive from you, but in the blogosphere we're fairly close. :)
The overhaul you've done so far looks really good. As far as moving is concerned, the rules of thumb are:
1) Move spring bloomers in the fall, and summer/fall bloomers in the spring whenever possible.
2) It's a whole lot easier on any plant to be moved when the temperatures are cooler, and if you don't mind getting a little damp then moving things around in a light rain is excellent--reduces stress on the plant as you're moving it.
3) Keep a good eye on the newly moved plants and water them deeply whenever they show signs of needing water. (Water deeply after planting, too.)
Everything that you listed should be fairly easy to move (I've moved sedums in the height of summer, even) except for the mullein/verbascum. They have a loooong taproot, and I'd just leave it where it is if you can stand it, particularly as it's usually a pretty short-lived perennial. Look for verbascum babies next spring, though--those might be easier to move if you want the plant somewhere else.
Hi neighbor and thank you for all the info! This is the first time I ever had Mullein and I'm not real sure I'm gonna keep it after I till the garden up. Mine has been in "half bloom" now for about 3 weeks, you can see some of the yellow flowers starting to come out but it really hasn't bloomed all the way. Is it worth the trouble of replanting?
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