This is the beginning of the focus on the Black Magic Taro, from overhead. It's always been one of the challenging things about planting our WisconsinYard: gardening with an aerial perspective since the Guests' Deck looks down on that yard.
So here's the aerial view, and beginning, of my BlackMagicTaroRelaxation visualization:
This plant started here last summer -- 8" tall. By last fall it was a three foot plant. We kept it watered and happy in Mom's living room over the winter, though it was cut back a foot or so. This spring we put it back in our pond and what you are seeing is this year's fall growth glowing behind the row of gold standard and lancifola hosta:
Actually, for the next couple weeks, if you want to know what I'm looking at in the WisconsinYard, this would be it! I'm also considering entering this photo in a couple contests. And it's set to be wallpaper for our laptop once the winter winds begin to fly:
We're thinking we may need to divide it this year; would be wonderful to have two of them to deal with next fall!
Mom came to visit this morning, so we sat and watched birds in front of our house for a change. Since it was such a nice morning, and since the mosquitoes were beginning to find our lovely hide-away, we decided to move up da Lane for a look at the flowers and some light gardening.
Managed to get the Asparagus Bed cleared of the Obedient Plant while we visited. Kevin moved a 150+ lb rock so I could plant part of the bed of the Obedient Plant in front of Mom's screened in porch. The rock was moved to the fire circle and is currently a wonderful bench by the fire pit.
Did some errands this afternoon and are back to enjoy that pondside Black Magic Taro view again, which I thought I'd share before we head out. Hope you enjoy it. And, you still have a couple weeks to see it in person, as long as the temps don't drop too quickly...
Howz by youz??
Make nice and stay hydrated!!
3 comments:
I'll keep my fingers crossed for a couple of mild weather early fall weeks!
Did the Black Magic survive the frost?????
*smiles* *nods*
It was taken in on Thursday afternoon. The temps began dropping that nigh. It was Fri/Sat that 27 cities had record lows. Ours was to 32. She probably would have been shocked, is my guess.
Instead, she spent the days in the southwest sun of Mom's living room and the warmth of that space all night.
I still need to better cover/prep the roots. We decided to divide it next spring.
Still need to deal with the other plants we plan to try wintering over again. Temps look like I have a week or so. Am watching to see what the weather for your week looks like.
Looking forward to you!
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