Primula vulgaris 'Arctic Red'



Primula juliae 'Wanda'



Eric Stacey here wrapping up the second week of summer work at Cuddy's. We were spoiled with such amazing weather all week leading to a soggy, but nice, morning on friday. We started off our week by helping out our neighbors, smoothing out the grounds along the driveway and overseeding the entire area to establish exceptional turf to keep up the amazing image of the beautiful blooming gardens. On Tuesday we proceeded to work on the flagstone walkway connecting the rose garden to the alpine area, moving much of the excess peastone into the dry garden and filling any low spots in the alpine.



Primula vulgaris 'Arctic Blue'



 With the weather being so cooperative and the upcoming open garden approaching, it was the perfect opportunity to get ahead on some of the weeding.  Hilary and I started with the Rose garden, periennial border and worked our way to the dry garden by the end of the day. As quickly as the weeds pop up, the grass grows and by thursday the grass was getting pretty shaggy. It was time to get the mowers out again. After we had finished cutting, more maintenence was to be done. We proceeded to aerate and fertilize the turf to give it that boost, while Lucas worked on some problematic irrigation issues. Today, we finished up with aeration around the magnolia border out to the area of the standing frog, seeding any poor areas of turf along the way. What a great week it has been!



There is so much to look at right now. The Primroses are magnificent and the magnolias are in full swing with new colours at show daily. The Gentiana augustifolia located in the alpine area are certianly a show stopper with their electrifying blue glow, a very nice accent to the Arnebia pulchra's softer yellow. Sometimes it may be hard for one to concentrate with all this beauty prevelent, there is just so much to take in and enjoy!





Arnebia pulchra



Gentiana augustifolia