This morning, it’s raining…YAAY!!! We’ve been without for about six or seven weeks so I’m really happy that trees and shrubs, in particular, will be able to drink up before frost arrives and the ground freezes, usually sometime this month. As you can imagine, without rain or supplemental watering most of the garden has been […]
Category: landscaping
Flower Friday – Cup and Saucer Vine
Cup and Saucer vine is an interesting annual vine.
A Week of Flowers – Day Five
Shrubs covered in white blossoms form the backbone of the garden in May.
Silent Sunday – November Red and Orange
Silent Sunday – Viburnum carlesii ‘Compactum’
Six on Saturday – 08/08/2020 – Summer with a Hint of Fall
It’s been a pretty lovely week in the garden: a bit of rain early on, enough to fill the rain barrels and keep the tomatoes and beans happy; a lot of sunshine to keep the roses and zinnias and peppers happy; new blooms loaded with pollen to keep the bees happy. Every Saturday, The Propagator […]
3 Small Summer Alliums
Three diminutive flowering onions – Alliums – for the summer garden.
Silent Sunday
Alliums Rule!
Six on Saturday – 23/05/2020 – Ifs, Ands and Butts
Thoughtful planning can produce beautiful results – and a new rain barrel are in this week’s Six things in the garden.
In a Vase, On Monday – yellow and white, part 2
White with a hint of yellow in this week’s vase of spring bulbs.
Six on Saturday – 09/05/2020 – frost and other surprises
Native perennials and other spring surprises are in the garden today.