Garlic Chives – Allium tuberosum – the last Allium to bloom in my garden.
Category: Flower Friday
A Yellow Time of Year
My yard will be awash in yellow for the next few weeks, surpassing May, with its scores of daffodils, and even June, before its thousands of dandelions turn to fluff. It’s the season for goldenrod, now starting to bloom around the yard edges and in every unmowed ditch or corner, and more ostentatious yet, a […]
My Strawflower Shrub
Xerochrysum bracteatum, aka strawflowers, aren’t shrubs, of course, but the one I have growing in my kitchen garden right now sure thinks it is! I’ve started them from seed the past few years but this spring they didn’t make the cut, given my reduced indoor growing space due to new, very curious cats in the […]
Two Weeks in July: Tinilco Asiatic Lily
My Tinilco lilies are finally giving us a show.
My Four Roses
I have four rose bushes…
Flower Friday – Cats and Plants
A pair of Amaryllis stand proud in a corner of the dining room.
My (current) Favourite Flower
I’m sometimes asked what my favourite flower is. I bet you’ve been asked the same question, but unless you have a sentimental or emotional attachment to a specific bloom, I wouldn’t be surprised if your answer is similar to mine: ‘It depends on what’s blooming right now.’ The Lens-Artists photo challenge this week is to […]
Dahlia vs Earwig
Whoever thought earwigs were beneficial insects?
A Few Final Sunflowers
A had a few early sunflowers this year, volunteers that sprouted in April and were in full bloom by the end of June. Only one of the seeds I actually planted in the garden even germinated, and it was nipped in the bud, so to speak, when it was only a few inches high, So […]
County Gardening 