Balcony Blooming



Everything seems to be quite happy on the balcony despite my recent 10 day trip to the Kootenays; without arranging for home visits for the flora. Tomorrow I depart for another 8 days away. Will I be punished for my lack of care? 

 

Torill brought lupin seeds back from Nova Scotia two years ago and we now have two very nice plants to show for it.

One plant has decided to change colour from white to purple and has produced some nice blooms already. Now it shows signs of returning to its original colouration. Weird.

The lilys are attracting little bastard aphids; they are proving to be a competant foe:

Hopping into Action

The hops have been growing rapidly, first photos below taken one each day:

Starting to climb

Last weekend while preparing what passes as our backyard for sod, the Swede and I cleared out the fire pit and got the bright idea to put the ashes in the garden. We had no horticultural knowledge to back this up, only the vague idea that plants thrive after a forest fire. 

After a week of steady rain, the garden continues apace albeit without conclusive proof that the ashes did anything.

The peas remain the stars of the show, tentatively reaching for the climbing structures we installed with viney tendrils

The thriving horseradish now towers over the pansies.

New dill makes an overdue appearance