Pictures

Here are some new pics taken on March 27th & 28th!

Day Lillies

Irises

Lillies

Tulip

Not sure what it is...

Strawberry

Strawberry

This one has as runner

Kiwi

Tulip opened

My Troublesome Mandevilla

I just moved to Clarksville, TN at the end of February.  The highs during the day were awesome so I put my plant outside.  The lows were not supposed to get below freezing.  It was a bit windy and the sun was pretty bright.  After a couple days all of the new growth it had formed while being inside had died off.  I either killed it, made it go dormant, or it's working under the soil on producing something.  It is now the 27th and still nothing.  I even cut the plant itself down to just the main stalks about 3 inches above the dirt to help focus energy in the stalks.  I brought it back inside to see if it will give me something.  I have some sprouts popping up in the dirt, 2 different kinds.  I'm thinking I picked up some weed or grass since the pot was on a grassy area and people have been mowing their lawns.  But perhaps the mandevilla decied to produce a new stalk???  I'm going to let them grow and see.  I also added a little bit of dirt to the pot because it looked like the roots were getting near the top.  

Garden Tasks for Mid- to late Spring (April - May)

Preparations

• Apply a general-purpose fertilizer around established shrubs and roses.
• Mulch the soil after a rain or watering.
• Stake herbaceous perennials as growth emerges.

Sowing Seeds

• Sow seeds of half-hardy and tender annuals inside, or buy plug plants and grow on in a frost-free place.
• Harden off bedding plants sown earlier in spring.
• Sow hardy annuals in situ.
• In late spring, thin hardy annuals sown inside.

Planting

• Plant evergreens, and move any that are in the wrong place.

Pruning

• Prune early-flowering shrubs and climbers after they have bloomed.
• Cut back ornamental grasses as they start to grow.

Other Tasks

• Make new shrubs and climbers by layering.
• Start taking softwood cuttings from new shoots.
• Sod or sow new lawns, and repair worn-out lawns.
• Apply a spring fertilizer, and a weedkiller, to lawns.
• Cut the grass with the blades quite high.
• Keep weeding.

This list was found in Learn to Garden: A Practical Introduction to Gardening.  I did modify the list a little.   

New strawberry and kiwi pics

This is one of my kiwi which has it's first true leaf.

These 2 are of my biggest strawberry plant: