Baby Nasturtiums

Baby nasturtiums with broken off bits of portulacas, some creeping jenny and the purple is bacopa.

 

Thunbergia, million bells and pinks with the ubiquitous creeping jenny!

Getting there

Things are starting to unfold. I am so happy I decided to keep the perennials in the window boxes!

 

 

OUT OF HIBERNATION

Hello there! I have been hibernating all winter but now plan to return to blogging about my little balcony. What a lovely day - started out with fog horns and warm salty southern Spring smells. Now the sun has broken through and I have been puttering around outside. I am trying to keep the spending down and primarily use perennials even in the window boxes. So here is what has returned.

 

Creeping phlox, Violets, Creeping Jenny

 

 

 

Pinks (about to pop - pics to follow) Creeping Jenny, Coral Bells

 

Some annuals have been mixed in here -Portulacas, Pansies (and Nasturtiums, which are still underground!)

 

Can't wait to see this develop - perennials and seeds require patience, but they make you feel so triumphant when they arrive.

 

 

 

There is a lot that came back and a lot that the hard winter stole away. One clematis out of three survived, the rose is gone, but the strawberries are here for their third summer! More to follow.



 

A Walk in the Park

Not much happening on the balcony so I thought I would post a pic from a walk in Prospect Park with my brother. It was a lovely journey through a haze of hungry dragonflies and we (he) spotted this catbird amidst the chokecherries.

Sunset on the Balcony

Forever September

I don't want winter to come and take this all away.

Experimenting with Nasturtiums

Every spring I optimistically plant nasturtiums and then by midsummer I am looking at shriveled and sickly discolored leaves that are absolutely pathetic and have virtually no flowers. So this year, I am trying an experiment. The last week in August I planted 4 packages of nasturtium seeds. My theory is that as the cool weather hits I will have exploding plants that resemble the spectacular displays I see in midsummer Maine. I just hope a frost doesn't hit before the flowers. Here are some of my many 2 week old babies. (Oh, and the color is back in my petunias - returned as mysteriously as it disappeared.)