I took a few days off to relax after many straight days of work. I lucked into decent weather so I made time to commune with my garden.This poor little Spirea bush has been taunting me for a few years now. I love its lime green leaves next to the purple of the Campanula Glomerata. It is a prize winning combination. But the bush has been dying off in bits and pieces each year.
This year was the worst. About 80% of the bush is not leafing out- no amount of pruning will hide this fact. I have always had difficulty in giving up on a plant that is not quite dead. I feel it has a certain right to keep trying.
Unfortunately gardening is about creating beauty. This bush is not beautiful. So I began the terrible task of surgically removing its ugliness from the masses of young Campanula.
I consoled myself with some visions of health & beauty, like the just leafing out Smoke Bush & White Bearded Iris.
Or the electric blue of the almost unwelcome guest of Ajuga.
Or the silvery lamb's ear next to a pink azalea.
