The View From Wits End: April Showers Bring May Flowrs

摘要

I love the months when multitudes of flowers are blooming in the garden - and there is such variety at Wits' End during the month of May - maybe more than almost any other month. Trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs and even cactus flower here inMay, and every day brings a new surprise, a new bloom, new opportunities to take the camera on my morning and evening strolls through the garden and capture its beauty.The regular spring rains of April, along with steadily warming air and soil temperatures, set the stage for May to be a spectacular month in the garden. Fertilizer that was applied in early spring has worked its way into the soil and is readily available to the plants during their most active phase of growth - foliage is lush and blooms are plentiful. Earthworms are busily working a fresh layer of compost into the soil and beneficial insects abound, keeping those that would do damage at bay.