Signs all around us

   In late March spring begins to show its signs. The sky is blue, the sun warms a bit, and a magpie inspects his possessions from the top of a tree.

Mosses are green in the warm air of my greenhouse.Another moss warmed up on the bark of an apple tree and   begins to grow . 

My pelargoniums have blossomed and are waiting to move into the garden.

The Drops of the Spring

    Today I've just come back from my summer house, my garden. 

 The snow melts very quickly, temps +4C (+32F) and some drops are on the branches instead of snow.

The thuyas are still green-brown, but will get greener when temp is 50F and more.

My nice silvery oleaster stands without leaves, only one silvery berry still hangs on its branch.

   Each summer the  silvery oleaster is very nice with its silvery leaves and berries.

A Beauty grows near an arbor

   The Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata Sieb.), an ornamental shrub grows near my garden arbor. Its large flower bunches attract butterflies, bees, bumble bees, flies and beetles.

   I planted the Hydrangea in the spring, seven years ago. It was one of my first plants.

I’ve read that due to increased demand in the moisture a Hydrangea can’t be planted under the trees, and I’ve chosen the place for it in partial shade near the arbor.

    It‘s not difficult to look after the hydrangea: to fertilize for the best buds flowering next year, to cut its dry branches in the spring. Hydrangea bushes are thickened without pruning, have neglected appearance. 

   I multiply it myself, this is not complicated; take the cuttings at the beginning of June, from the upper part of the shoots. This is a photo of the young  Hydrangea.

    In July, my Hydrangea starts blooming. First, it dresses in light green tones, and then flowers become white and fragrant. From August until frost my Beauty stands in the pink - carmine dress.