Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Snow squalls off Lake Ontario made for treacherous driving New Year’s Eve and left another three or four inches (7 – 10 cms) of fluffy powder on the ground for a very chilly but sunny New Year’s Day – shoveling wasn’t too difficult! I’m joining Jim at Garden Ruminations today for my first Six on […]
It’s day seven – the final day – of Cathy’s annual A Week of Flowers on-line celebration of blossoms that made us happy this past growing season. I’m going to end the week with the bees and butterflies that brought me joy in my garden. These shots were all downloaded from my phone (almost all […]
I’d post a picture of what my roses look like right now, but it wouldn’t be pretty! Instead, I’ll go back to October 31. We’d had a number of frosty nights already but a few hardy roses held on, including this grandiflora – Crimson Bouquet. As you can see by the blotchy leaves, it’s not […]
I couldn’t imagine a list of favourite flowers from the past season not including Colchicum autumnale – sometimes called autumn crocus, but not to be confused with Crocus sativus. The later is also called autumn crocus since it also blooms in the fall, albeit later than the Colchicum. It has a much smaller bulb, the […]
At the beginning of August, before the summer drought sunk its ragged, unclipped talons deep into the soil, flowers on the taller-than-me stalks of Silphium perfoliatum started to open. The cup plant gets its common name from the way pairs of leaves join at the base, enveloping the stalk to create a cup. The daisy-like […]
I’m joining Cathy this week as she hosts seven days of colour to remind us of the beauty from this past spring and summer – all with the goal of making a cold and perhaps grey and snowy December a bit more bearable. Gardening these days is much more than growing pretty flowers; it’s about […]