Tropical Lightening climbing rose.
It's not climbing yet but the flowers have a sweet tea rose perfume. Each flower is different from the next.
I put in a drip irrigation line for the rest of the squashes, as well as so mini dwarf apples and potted lilies.
Last year, the squashes were my biggest watering burden, so I'm glad they are on an irrigation line now. They are really taking off and growing. I do need to stake the hoses down. They are somewhat of a tripping hazard.
I still had some cherry pie filling in the freezer, so made a pie. The crust was very difficult to work with, brittle and kept falling apart. My guess is the flour, which was the last of a big bag of institutional bleached white flour bought by internet during the early part of the pandemic. The crust was too brittle to top the pie so I tried a lattice topping but that fell apart too.
Still, the flavor was good. Even the crust was good, despite the difficulty in working with it.
I think there is some rhubarb on the plant, calling my name now. Maybe that's next.
I made a trip to the store and saw these. They were pretty messy but the price was quite good, so I bought a couple.
I think these are described as deer resistant, so it's a test. Plus, some survive the winters here. I have larger Alstromeria that I from divisions last year, in my garden, overwintered from last year. But these look like they will become quite colorful. I think they will fill in and bloom a lot more, once they establish.
In November I cut an offset from the big Hardy Chicago fig tree. I was unable to obtain more than a few tiny roots. I planted it anyway. This week I noticed a significant start of growth. Seven months later, and all of the other fig trees are already lush and green now. I gave it some balanced fertilizer and water. Now that it is growing, I want to continue the TLC and see if it establishes and becomes a tree.