Sunday, May 6, 2018

April Garden 2018

Camassia leichtlinii (Great Camas)

Tellima grandiflora (Fringecup)

Prosartes hookeri (Hooker's Fairy Bells)

Meadow

Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)

Paeonia mascula (Balkan Peony) 

Bobby Bunny

The garden in April was an explosion of green. Foliage covering Bobby Bunny was taller than ever before. The highest temperature was 82 & the lowest was 36. The average monthly temperature was 1 degree above normal at 51.3. We had 3 unusually warm days in a row. At 77, 75 & 82 they were 11, 11 & 15 degrees above normal.  They were temperatures normal for the 2nd week in July. Total precipitation was 5.69 inches, 2.98 inches above normal.