Verbascum finally bloomed. Its in its second year from planting i believe. His cousin next to him is still a horribly late bloomer though...


I've found that while the crocus bulbs are cute and match the bloom shape of the tulip tree they are planted under, they are very small and short lived. I was somewhat disappointed with them and probably won't plant them again. It feels to me like they just wouldn't be appealing unless they were planted en masse


Also, something keeps digging out shallow little holes in my mulch were my roses and balsam are. Its highly annoying and i have to go check it like everyday to make sure the new little plants i have there are ok. so far whatever it is has pretty much killed 2 of them. its a good thing i have some extra, but still its annoying... i wish i had one of those cameras you could just set up to catch whatever critter it was. Short of that i would have to stay up all night trying to catch the little whatever-it-is red-handed. arg.

update: mulched severely and whatever was digging finally stopped. :)