{"id":361,"date":"2008-08-16T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2008-08-16T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:37:00","slug":"stuck-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the middle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Difficult though it is to believe, summer is kinda, sorta starting to wind down. I can’t just say that it is ending, because that is too painful to contemplate. We still have weeks of nice weather left, but there is a definite change in the air.<\/p>\n

Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
And I’m wondering what it is I should do<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/center>
This means that some of the plants out in the garden aren’t looking their best. We have some spent flower stalks that need to be cut down and some browning leaves and in places the weeds are still persisting. Weeds always persist. Why can’t the stuff we want persist?<\/p>\n

It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/center>
Anyway – here are close ups of a few things that are<\/em> looking nice, primarily because you can’t see what is around them. The centers on cone flowers are always cool and kind of trippy looking.\"\"<\/a>My friend Julie<\/a> says that the stamens of daylilies remind her of fuzzy slippers and now that is how I think of them as well. This is “Edge of Paradise” and I will show you the whole flower next week.\"\"<\/a>
Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/center>
Gazanias are one of my favorite container plants – so long as you clip the spent flowers every week or so, they will bloom right until frost. I guess that qualifies as persisting doesn’t it?\"\"<\/a>
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/center>
Here is something that has not yet persisted at all. My “Endless Summer” hydrangea, which has yet to give me a single flower this year. The foliage is spectacular and it’s taller than I have ever seen it, so I suspect I have been fertilizing it wrong. I stopped, and now it is just beginning to show some buds. Not sure they have time to open though, so this pretty foliage may be all we get.\"\"<\/a>
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/center>
Oops – now you will have that stuck in your<\/em> head, won’t you? Sorry – that is the kind of week I have had and I just can’t hide anything from you people. Have a great Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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