Our Butterfly Bushes are looking nice now. I plan on taking a few cuttings to make more bushes. The only problem with having them where they are is that they are stunting the growth of the Japanese Pencil Bushes that I planted there first. We had no idea how big the Butterfly Bushes wold get when we added them there. So I need a new spot for the other bushes. Hmm, where shall I plant them?
We had to remove our fig, plum and nectarine trees plus our blackberry bush from their first location when we had all the construction going on. They remained in tubs for a few months until we finally got around to replanting them. The nectarine tree seems to be doing well in the front yard and the fig trees are now on a sunny hill in the back yard. The fig trees are doing very well. We planted them about 8 to 10 feet apart.
It is hard to believe both of these were just little branches in the ground a couple of years ago.
If you look close you can see tiny little figs coming in on the branches. Each branch has a lot.
If all works out we'll finally have a lot of figs this year. Now to figure out how to keep the birds, squirrels and chickens from eating the figs before we can. Figs have to ripen on the plant, so it will be challenging. Last year we had about 8 figs, but we only got to eat a couple since the robins and squirrels got to them first. I caught them fighting over them.
We have flowers on the cherry and grape tomato plants now too. The larger tomato plant is starting to develop flowers too. The squash and zucchini are starting to bud too! So excited!! I hated starting the season so late, but at least things are moving right along now.
