Spring Has Sprung (2025 Edition)

The week in reviews will continue … soon? I hope? Keeping up to date on an injured parent from 10 time zones away is complicated at best.

In the meantime, we had our Spring Forward in Europe, and in our little village the early trees have started to flower.

It looks as though most, if not all, of the fruit trees I planted last year have made it through the winter. The unknowns are the Red Bartlett pear tree and the Red 02 mulberry tree. The tayberries and pomegranate also might not have made it through. If that’s the case, then I’ll try and decide what will get replaced one to one or what gets a new plant.

The fruit plants/trees that seem to be coming along from last year are:

• Hosui Asian Pear
• Harco Nectarine
• Pandy Sour Cherry
• Roter Wienbergpfirsich (Peach)
• Northline and Sleyt var. Saskatoon berries
• Thornless Evergreen var. Blackberries
• Ulas Rose Garlic
• Olympia and standard var. Salmonberries
• Ballerina var Rose (hybrid musk) – for rosehips

This year’s additions are:

• Blue Sarah and Annabel var Fuchsia (both of these are cold hardy)
• Lavender Sky var Petunia
• Pink, Red, and Pastel Mix Petunias
• Irises
  • Autumn Encore
  • On Edge
  • Miss Apple
  • Kita-no-Seiza
  • Blueberry Pie
  • Cheesecake
  • Cupcake
  • Jell-O
  • Tiramisu
• Gladiolus
  • Cilesta
  • Cera Corfino
  • Cilesta
  • Purple Flora
  • Serena
• Bleeding Heart
• Strawberries
  • Favori
  • Malwina

Now, if you’re looking at that list and going through and thinking “that’s a lot of purple, pink. and white”… you have correctly assessed the color scheme that I love for flowers. Nothing against a good salmon or red, but I do love a good purple flower.

Those all arrive sometime next this month (oh man, time does keep marching on). The raised beds are going in (hopefully) this week to get the vegetable garden going this year as well.

I’m looking forward to getting the perennials established so I can just let those cruise in the future. I still need to get some rhubarb and artichokes established, but I have seeds to attempt for that. And I’d like to get both of those in a set aside bed, if not a raised bed.

But really, look at these gorgeous fuchsias…

Honestly, my biggest ‘next’ problem is the design of the garden. I need to put in paths but I also want to have curated zones. But that’s a problem for FutureRyn.

Tell me, how does your garden grow?