Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
This morning’s light drizzle has ended leaving an overcast sky – perfect for picture taking. I’m joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden with a vase of daisy-like flowers. Echinacea purpurea is mostly past its prime but almost perfect blooms are still to be found, and pair well, I think, with Rudbeckia fulgida, which is […]
On Wednesday I posted a couple shots of the first flowers opening on the umbel of an Allium cristophii. What struck me was how large that individual flower was, and how it was like a beacon, there to guide the rest of the flowers in the inflorescence as they waited to open. Yesterday I was […]
A mini heatwave over the past few days has encouraged perennials to open at an alarming rate. As I was dead-heading the last of the tulips yesterday, it seemed as if all around me I could almost see petals from Iris, Ox Eye Daisies, oriental poppies and much more unfurl, open and expand. Summer, it […]
Three diminutive flowering onions – Alliums – for the summer garden.
I’ve always asserted that one’s home garden is seldom static, but rather it’s forever changing. Trees grow, casting shade where once it was full sun. Perennials and shrubs grow, crowding out other perennials and shrubs, forcing gardeners to make difficult choices. That is what excites me about gardening. Never really knowing, one year to the […]
It’s a hot weekend in Prince Edward County
It’s a lush spring day in Prince Edward County!