Photos from the sixth week in the garden are up, spanning April 18-24, and have been tagged "Week Six" in my Gardening 2010 album in my Picasa Web Albums.
Here's a shot from yesterday of my original bed. Lots of growth to note, and a trellis was saved from the curbside on trash day - thanks to Kim. More on that later, I'm sure. I found these periwinkle (as Kim calls them) or vinca (as I call them) volunteers in Kim's bed this week. There's plenty more returning, too. So I snagged these first three, in hopes of transplanting them to the extended bed to keep these resilient flowers coming. This is my largest coleus. I transplanted him Sunday. But here, he's shown in his original pot. This is my largest zinnia, which I believe I direct sowed into my bed. It's a little lanky, long in the tooth perhaps, maybe it's the wind or the fertilizer, but it's really healthy. It's said to get up to 16 inches tall and spread profusely. This is a "Lollipop Gerbera Raspberry" gerbera jamesonii daisy that Corina and I bought at Lowe's last year when it was discounted to, like 50 cents or something. We bought a companion one that's white with red accents that I put in my bed this year. It has grown a lot so far this spring.
