Agapanthus Growing Back

Posted on March 30, 2023 by vanbraman

Back in early February I cut back my Agapanthus plant. I had not cut it back since I planted it many years ago.

Agapanthus, Blooms, Flowers, Lily of the NileHere is my Agapanthus in full bloom a couple years ago. You can see how large the leaves have gotten over time.

agapanthus, pruning, spring, growing back, leavesHere is what it looked like in February when I first cut it back. You can see there was a lot going on below the leaves. I was worried whether it would come back or not after I was finished.

agapanthus, pruning, spring, growing back, leavesBefore long I started to see some growth and felt better about cutting it back.

agapanthus, pruning, spring, growing back, leavesHere it looks even better. I also noticed in the local park that lilies that had been cut back were also rapidly growing back. It was the cutting back of the lilies that made me decide to do the same in my backyard.

agapanthus, pruning, spring, growing back, leavesThis picture was taken a couple days ago and it really looks better. I am hoping that I will see some scapes start to appear, but they usually don’t until May.

I am definitely feeling better about cutting my Agapanthus back.

Steven

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Wednesday Image Search – Nar

Posted on March 29, 2023 by vanbraman

Welcome to another Wednesday Image Search where I pick a string of letters or a word and share some of the images I find in an image search of the blog.

Last week I searched for ‘mar.’ This week I will proceed to ‘nar.’

What images will I find?

Panda Express, Chinese New Year, Red Packet, Chop sticks, American Chinese FoodThe first image is of a Lunar New Year meal at Panda Express. I always try to have an meal of Asian food in celebration of the new year. This year is the year of the Rabbit or Cat.

Half Marathon Hike, German Hills, hiking, trails, long hike, Jena, GermanyThe next image is of a narrow trail that I hiked along in the hills around Jena, Germany.

Lunar Eclipse - Blood Red Moon - Hazy SkyHere we have a lunar eclipse with the shadow of the Earth almost covering the entire moon.

hezekiah's tunnel, canaanite tunnel, city of david, jerusalem, water systemThis picture was taken in Jerusalem in the Canaanite Tunnel. The way was very narrow.

Maynard Reece - Wildlife Art - Duck Art - Duck Stamp Artist - Mallards - ScrapbookFinally, we have a picture of some artwork found in one of my Grandma’s scrapbooks. The art is by Maynard Reece who was a noted wildlife artist. I used this picture in my post Duck Art.

There were not many  ‘nar’ pictures to choose from. It is interesting to see what words or names included ‘nar’ in them .  I hope you enjoyed my selections.

Which is your favorite of these ‘nar’ pictures?

What should I search for next?  Since I am following a series with ‘?ar’  the next one will probably be ‘oar’ even though I don’t have too many to choose from.

Steven

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