06.19.2024 | Ordinary Wednesday

A warm, humid, overcast morning here in the Carondelet Garden.  Did I mention it was humid?  Oh, my goodness.  The heat is hanging around after a bit of a respite yesterday.  It looks like 90-plus for the next fourteen days.  Water, water, water those plants!

I am in love with our Calla Lillies this year. Calla lilies, with their elegant tubular shape and fantastic colors (not just white!), add grace to perennial gardens, patio containers, and cutting gardens in the summer; their blooms last for weeks, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.   Calla lilies are not true lilies; however, they can be grown as annuals or in containers.  Planted in spring, the flowers bloom for 6 to 12 weeks through the summer.  We have taken a chance the last couple of years and left them in the ground over Winter and have had amazing results.  

Gardening, like life, is a bit of trial and error.  We celebrate the successes and mourn the losses and in-between we carry on.  A lot of the success in growing anything well is a simple blend of confidence and intuition.  You win some, you lose some, and you learn as you go.  The right answers are very few and are usually much less interesting and informative than the right questions.  

Failure teaches us so much more than success.  As we have learned over the years, you never really know a plant until you have killed it twice!  We all make mistakes all the time.  The key is learning from each and every mistake.  We won't make that mistake again.  We will make new ones!  

I have some watering to do.  A bit more weeding.  I think my onions are just about ready to harvest.  It's been a very early year for so much.  A bit of work, a bit of rest, a bit of faith and hope.  Life and gardening require all of the above.  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.