Blog Site Revived

The Madison Container blog site has been revived!!  It is with renewed energy that the containers themselves will have a new look this spring along with the blog site.  But oh where is spring?!  There are still weeks ahead before we can safely think about putting out those tender pretties.  In the meantime, I'll at least get the blog moving along again.

The winter weather gods have not been kind to us this year.  Tried and true plants that have been used in the past struggle to even look alive let alone bloom.  I've always used violas instead of pansies because they can handle long periods of temperatures in the teens but they met their match this year.  Many hours  were spent grooming the containers, cutting out the dead material and hoping what was left would fill the empty spaces.  Only warm weather and a dose of fertilizer will tell us the outcome.

When the rain stops long enough to allow me to walk around and take pictures I can report on the "winners" of this long, cold battle.  I can safely say that the kales have revived and are standing upright again.  Poor snapdragons are attempting to hold themselves up but many continue to droop.  Dusty millers have also perked up and tough old autumn ferns only have a few browned fronds.  So, if nothing else, the containers will have green and a bit of silvery gray color in them.  But I am holding hope that those violas will prove themselves just as tough and start blooming.  Back soon with photos!