It's actually stopped raining and we've blue sky and sunshine!
But everywhere is soaking.
I got into one of the wisterias this afternoon, the one between the tea-house and the shed.
This is the one that gets the most sun, the leaves had started to yellow, so I stripped it.
I do this every year around this time. I also prune off any unnecessary growth at the same time.
The main prune I do between Christmas and New Year. All the blooms come from "heads." I'll reduce the number of branches, mostly the old wood and those at the back.
I managed to collect most of the leaves, using a stiff yard brush. I'd normally go over the lawn and the path with my Flymo Ultraglide mower, it has a big fan behind the blades and is great for picking up leaves, but it was too wet to use it. Even my Grizzly vac. was struggling.
Job done!
There's still this lot from next door's garden to come down. They're a pain but are easier to, "mow up."
It'll be a while before the other wisterias start dropping their leaves.
The one on this pergola I can manage to strip with a step-stool when it's ready.
Same with this.
But this and the one along the side of the house, I'll need the ladder.
The four heathers I bought last year are doing very well. These troughs are a pain to clear the leaves that get under them, I have to remove the pots and drag them out.
They are already starting to bloom.
Last of the apples..
Not really, they are the fruit from the ornamental quince we have along the side fence. These are some I missed removing in September and have fallen off. They'll get binned.
I've moved the acer palmatum Taylor into the little room in back of the garage where we have a couple of freezers. It'll be a lot warmer in there. I did that last year. I don't want to risk losing it like I did the previous two we had over successive winters. It doesn't look like this now, it's already lost its leaves over the last two weeks.
More rain expected tomorrow.
