Last summer Donald and I planted 4 Hydrangea bushes in the planter that we fixed up. They were blue and white and beautiful (though I completely forgot to take pictures to prove it) and then they were dead. In less than 3 weeks. I know squat about gardening, and as it turns out, mid-summer is not the greatest time to plant anything. Flowers and plants don’t like the 90-100 degree heat that I hardly notice. Oops.
I was too lazy to remove the dead plants, and just kept putting it off until spring, when I planned on putting in something new. And then suddenly I looked out back, and saw this:
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They grew back! In full force! With flowers and everything! I cannot tell you how astonished I was.
The moral of the story is: Be lazy and your garden will flourish. Or something.
You know they turned pink because of rust content in the soil? Random useless facts….
Yay for perennials! What a nice surprise, and I agree with being lazy and letting good things happen while you are doing nothing. They look really beautiful.