{Oakleaf Hydrangea}

We did have a potting plant in the greenhouse with an Oakleaf Hydrangea in it. So that too came out to live on the patio by mid april.

Happily blooming on the patio!

Look how huge its leafs were on April 4, while still residing inside the greenhouse.

My hand for comparison...

For adding some potting soil, re-potting and bringing them up the hill towards the gazebo and the house, this utility cart is very practical. Even for attaching it behind the John Deere lawn mower.

Walking downhill with potting plants inside goes far easier than pulling it uphill...

Over the year we need lots of potting soil as our local soil is very poor.

Still, the greenhouse + potting soil and some tender care does yield this!

Always rewarding to see things bloom!

{Our Staghorn Fern - Platycerium Bifurcatum Back Outside}

Our baby Staghorn Fern - Platycerium Bifurcatum is back outside in the garden! We brought it back from dear friend Natacha in Miami, last year June.

 Looking happy after its overwintering time in the green house.

Photo got taken on May 19.

From the link below you can see how Pieter had the tree cutters slice off a part of this trunk where it is tied to.

One day it might become too big for bringing back and forth to the greenhouse...

But till then, we enjoy it!

Related link:
{Our Staghorn Fern - Platycerium Bifurcatum} | previous post by me

{New Rose Arbor on High Heels}

Sure, our entire property is on a slope so there hardly is an even spot. This resulted also in placing our New Rose Arbor on High Heels!

Eden Vienna 7.5-ft. Vinyl Arch Arbor

Quite expensive...

But we found ours for a lot less: Hayneedle Eden Vienna 7.5-ft. Vinyl Arch Arbor and even with free shipping.
Searching on line can often yield surprising bargains!

Our pond has an overflow into the creek and Pieter still had some of those 6" Pvc pipes so his idea was for filling them with concrete and letting the Rose Arbor's feet stand (with of course the vinly 2 x 4s inside the legs) partly in the concrete.

It was still during the very wet season. This was April 13, when I took these photos.

Bird & bat house visible to the left.

This little 4-wheel Utility Cart is handy for towing things around.

On May 19, our two new climbing roses got planted.

I'd seen on María Cecilia's blog post from Casa Dulce Hogar in Chile, her incredible pink Eden Rose: Pierre de Ronsard roses (and clouds) and wanted to know if there also was a white variety.

Yes, I did find them at Roses Unlimited in Laurens, South Carolina, where Pat Henry & Bill Patterson offer a very extensive collection of all sorts of roses.

We also bought other roses from them, Jardins de Bagatelle a very fragrant hybrid tea rose in a cream color.

Excellent plant material and perfectly boxed up with their pots secured in a genial way!

Very healthy roses! Far better than the usual bare root shipment.

Our happy Eden white or Pierre de Ronsard roses!

Now we just have to wait for the first roses to show up and grow along this beautiful Rose Arbor.

Here you also get to see a detail from the redone wood trail which got extended a little for this Arbor.

That's how it looks from the other side...

Again a bird house visible on that holly tree.

Speckie-girl is making sure that the new roses are protected!

Do you have a Rose Arbor?

Related link:

{Cashmere Words of Wisdom & Update} | previous post showing the wood trail being redone.