Some encouraging words from our sponsor...or just me

If you recall, I was moaning about the euphorbia that I'd transplanted because I uprooted it incorrectly. Remember that? Yeah, well anyways, it's doing amazingly! I'd cut back the really tall stems that had flowered and died after the transplant and now, the new growth is incredible. The stalks are strong, the leaves are healthy and I can tell that it's happy to be in its new bed.

The other plant that I'm so excited about is my climbing hydrangea. It's a silly thing, and it's just my impatience showing through, but I've been waiting for it to do anything besides be the same height with the same leaves for a year. Today, I'm proud to say that it's got flowers and has already grown about 4" inches this spring. We've had so few nice days that it's off to a slow start, but I can tell that it's got big plans for the summer.

In my posting about trying to get all agro up on this, I'd mentioned transplanting some strawberries. I didn't talk about the fear that I had of bringing in some Northwesterns in and how they react. Well, it's been unexpected. At first, they looked really sad and smashed and some of their leaves turned orange...but there was a miracle! They grew new leaves faster than I've seen any other plant and now they've got some of the most incredible blossoms. I can't wait to harvest!

The last of my encouraging words relate to a forsaken ground cover that I hand my hands on, ready to pull because it looked moldy and weak. Well, it is thriving, blooming and spreading. Snow in Summer is what I almost pulled. I'm so glad that I didn't because it brings a really bright punch to a dark corner by the fence. I'm hoping the Snow spreads and fills in around the maple tree growing above it, but I'm not counting my chickens before they're hatched.