Comments on: The May Gap http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brooke http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 Brooke Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:53:54 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2329#comment-6354 Kris, Great blog as always. I am catching up on reading the last few month's worth of entries because, like you I was fully engulfed in Maynia. :) But as for the May gap, I love some of the early blooming geraniums and there is something very fresh and awakening about Pulmonaria, even after the flowers fade. I have one in almost full sun and it looks great now, although it does get pretty bedraggled as the summer goes on... <em>Brooke, I'm a number one fan of pulmonaria but never thought of it for the North Garden - it could be just the thing for the shady corners along with Layanee's dicentra suggustion... Thanks! -kris</em> Kris, Great blog as always. I am catching up on reading the last few month’s worth of entries because, like you I was fully engulfed in Maynia. :) But as for the May gap, I love some of the early blooming geraniums and there is something very fresh and awakening about Pulmonaria, even after the flowers fade. I have one in almost full sun and it looks great now, although it does get pretty bedraggled as the summer goes on…

Brooke, I’m a number one fan of pulmonaria but never thought of it for the North Garden – it could be just the thing for the shady corners along with Layanee’s dicentra suggustion… Thanks! -kris

]]> By: wayne http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-6321 wayne Sun, 24 May 2009 02:21:36 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2329#comment-6321 tis the season of Iris. I love it. But I do need to keep my eyes on the road too. <em>Wayne, Be careful out there! -kris</em> tis the season of Iris. I love it. But I do need to keep my eyes on the road too.

Wayne, Be careful out there! -kris

]]> By: Dee/reddirtramblings http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-6320 Dee/reddirtramblings Sat, 23 May 2009 23:25:01 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2329#comment-6320 Yes, I do have a May gap of my own, and I was thinking about it today. I just hate when the daffodils haven't died back yet, and lay all over the ground. I try to mix in other interesting plants to bridge, but we've all got it. In a couple of weeks, the daffodil foliage will be gone & then everything will look fresh again.~~Dee <em>Dee, You're right. The daffodil foliage has got to go. Then, even if there was still a gap, it wouldn't look such a mess! -kris</em> Yes, I do have a May gap of my own, and I was thinking about it today. I just hate when the daffodils haven’t died back yet, and lay all over the ground. I try to mix in other interesting plants to bridge, but we’ve all got it. In a couple of weeks, the daffodil foliage will be gone & then everything will look fresh again.~~Dee

Dee, You’re right. The daffodil foliage has got to go. Then, even if there was still a gap, it wouldn’t look such a mess! -kris

]]> By: Cyd http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-6318 Cyd Fri, 22 May 2009 23:24:14 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2329#comment-6318 Hi Kris, I experience May gap too. After the tulips disappear and right before the peonies bloom I am saved by columbines and iris. I do tuck ii some annual stock I love scented flowers. <em>Cyd, Stock is a great idea! And smells soooo good... -kris</em> Hi Kris, I experience May gap too. After the tulips disappear and right before the peonies bloom I am saved by columbines and iris. I do tuck ii some annual stock I love scented flowers.

Cyd, Stock is a great idea! And smells soooo good… -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/the-may-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-6317 Layanee Fri, 22 May 2009 11:16:37 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2329#comment-6317 A beautifully written post Kris. Right now the Geranium macrorrhizum is in bloom and the Dicentra eximia has a very long....almost all summer, bloom so you might give that a go. Also, the tiarellas and heucherellas are blooming. At least the spring 'gap' has freshness to it while the July gap can often look bedraggled. Great shots all! <em>Thanks, Layanee! I love that Dicentra too - I'm pretty sure that's the one in the picture of the bloomers behind the summerhouse. But doesn't it prefer a little shade to none at all? Same thing, alas, with the tiarellas, etc... And I prefer the May gap too but then I kind of almost prefer the just-before bloom to the full bloom! (It's a half-full/half-empty thing I think.) -kris </em> A beautifully written post Kris. Right now the Geranium macrorrhizum is in bloom and the Dicentra eximia has a very long….almost all summer, bloom so you might give that a go. Also, the tiarellas and heucherellas are blooming. At least the spring ‘gap’ has freshness to it while the July gap can often look bedraggled. Great shots all!

Thanks, Layanee! I love that Dicentra too – I’m pretty sure that’s the one in the picture of the bloomers behind the summerhouse. But doesn’t it prefer a little shade to none at all? Same thing, alas, with the tiarellas, etc… And I prefer the May gap too but then I kind of almost prefer the just-before bloom to the full bloom! (It’s a half-full/half-empty thing I think.) -kris

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