Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 8 JuneA root plug lying on its side on the mown lawn on 9 June, tipped out and dropped, one face still holding the molded shape of the cell it came from and the broken face a mat of root fiber — of the plant itself only a snapped stub and one crumpled tip.Week of 6 JulyA seedling of ten narrow glossy leaves on 9 July, dark purple-maroon flushing the stem exactly where it forks and no bud on it yet to say more — low sun raking straight across it and dew standing on every surface that will hold any.
