Monday, 05 April 2010
In a corner of my front yard is a forsythia bush. It’s been there for as long as I’ve had the house, and has never been a notable bloomer. Some springs, all I get are a few yellow leaves, followed by the usual masses of green.
This year, I’d made up my mind: No more. Come summer, I’d yank the old bush out and replace it with something else. So of course I would walk out the door on Saturday morning to find:
The same bush, (with a bad sun angle) this afternoon:
One of the best displays it’s ever had (though it’s still not as impressive as one down the block):
So what to do? Give it some TLC for another year, or ruthlessly yank it and start over?
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Meanwhile, the magnolias have made their appearance almost three weeks early, and are spectacular:
And the dandelions are already blooming, meaning it’s nearly too late for this year’s crabgrass treatment. Seems as if everything blossomed at once!
Elsewhere:
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Do you cut that forsythia back? Mom used to cut hers back every year and they bloomed like the dickens.
We ignore ours, and it's solid green.
I think there might be a lesson here.
M
Posted by: Mark Alger at 04/06/10 03:37:33 (TUgI4)
Yeah, you have to cut them back to make them bloom decently. We have a huge one in the back yard that hasn't been trimmed for years. I need to get on that.
Last year I think the late frost got to it, because it really never did come in at all; just went straight to green. The apple tree didn't produce many blooms or many apples, either.
The thing I like about forsythia is that it makes a cheap fence, and at least in the summer I don't have to look at the crap in my neighbor's back yard.
Posted by: Nathan at 04/06/10 12:04:50 (+dSl9)
Posted by: Old Grouch at 04/07/10 15:04:23 (KyCzn)
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