How is your garden looking today?

Let's wait for Green Witch, but I'm pretty sure we are dealing with spittlebugs, eoe.

eoe, over here in the UK, that foamy stuff is called "Cuckoo spit".
It has a little green aphid thing inside, called a froghopper...........

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0601/cuckoo_spit.asp

As far as the buds are concerned, I'm not sure what to suggest. My rose bushes are just showing signs of little flower buds, but we have had a very late spring. Are you sure there's no sign of budding at all?

Alright gus...
Are you serious?

Serious as a heart attack.

That's pretty damn serious.

Thanks for the info all. Looks like the spitbugs aren't harmful, after all. Thank goodness. I'm already dealing with those bugs that take a plug out of the leaves like a hole puncher. i read that there's nothing we can do about it.

No buds. Not one. It's the most baffling thing.

What sort of pruning do you do?

eoe, this may answer the question re. the lack of buds.

Hope it helps,

http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/archive2/index.php/t-56030newbie-question....-healthy-rose-plant,-no-flower.html

Much thanks!

My current (but not for long) back yard from one of my favorite angles:



It's late afternoon and overcast. Not that it matters in that shade......

Now THAT is my type of garden, lk. I love it!

Link RealJohnBoy mentioned, re Defiant Gardens, here -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5435131

Good link...

Mine, too... fabulous! And great to finally see pictures.

Me too, but I have to moooooveeeee, wah!

K- I dropped the film off tonight- hopefully some pix this weekend

You can still visit your lovely little garden, yes?? You did great work back there- nice little place. I didnt realize the Magnolias were there....now I know! And you have a new garden so - thats nice. (hope all is goin well BTW)

My roses arent bloomed yet either---but, they are late bloomers and were cut way back this year cuz when I got here in Late August the 5 blooms were just too little for such a lovely antique rose so, we'll see by the end of this summer how it goes.

I picked up a lovely honeysuckle last weekend and I'm hoping it will wrap up around the wild laundry pipe thingys on the patio. Anything would help actually.

Does anyone know how long it takes for gladiolous to bloom? I feel like I've been looking at the greens for weeks on end here and just wondering really.

I don't think I can visit. Not for much longer, anyway. The new garden will be Joan's, no room to express my creative gardening. But, I can and will be getting my hands dirty. The move went. More on a different thread.

Dunno anything about gladiolas, but I think they're a mid-summer bloomer.

My garden looks like hell. M finally appeared as hired, we jousted about just what 'steps centered on the window' means, and whether he had agreed to do the low retaining wall along the driveway too (er, see drawing...). Seems like he understands about sleeving pvc under the sidewalk so I can drip irrigate the parking strip. Stay tuned...

Meantime, I don't know what to do with all the sand. One doesn't, I gather, just send it to the dump. Wayyyyyyyy too much sand in this yard.
I may have to toss it in the trash a bucket at a time <sigh>.

Take it out of the city and dump it on the side of the highway. Take the highway N, and just before the steep rise to santa fe exit at cochiti. Instaead of going to cochiti, head east. You'll end up at a lovely... hmm.... overlook? Anyway, you can dump all the sand you want there. Dunno if it's legal.

The City of A. offers some help on their website.

Finally, only today I've managed to get the summer flowers on our balcony.
Even at the gardener's, roses aren't at blossom today - which didn't happen during the 25 years the gardener is at this place. (And the owner told me, he belives, most people wouldn't plant fresh flowers this year: much too late, and since the holday season starts soon, no time ...)


Okay, so here's how it looks like at late afternoon on the 3rd of June at Walter's balcony