Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Clematis texensis, the species vine, is native to Texas, specifically, the Edwards Plateau in the middle of the state. The ‘Gravetye Beauty’ hybrid was bred in France and introduced in 1914; here’s a smashing article about it if you’re interested, in which you might read that the adjective ‘smashing’ has also been used to describe […]
It seems insensitive to complain about our weather (very hot, very humid, very dry) considering so many other places in the world have experienced worse this summer, but let me just say my rain barrels are almost empty and I fear for my tomatoes. I was wandering about the garden early yesterday morning and noticed, […]
It’s been a hazy few days in much of North America; wind has pushed smoke from huge wildfires in the northern Canadian prairie provinces south and east across the continent. It’s a minor inconvenience for most, but of course a terrible tragedy for those who have lost everything. These giant fires seem to be happening […]
Today’s vase of cut flowers started by Cathy, at Rambling in the Garden, including a beautiful Clematis flower in a vase she featured several weeks ago; the idea continued to grow with a comment from a blogging colleague in Texas who talked about a native Texan Clematis – Texensis of course – and how she […]
I have three Clematis in my garden: a rambling C. x durandii, which has just started to bloom, the C. viticella ‘Etoile Violette,’ which usually starts blooming around July 1st, and this C. texensis ‘Gravetye Beauty.’ In my experience, this last one doesn’t start to bloom until around the second week of July, but for […]
This is my first go at joining the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge – a weekly theme that seemed to spring up quite organically when the WordPress weekly photo challenge ended more than a year ago. Many thanks to the four fabulous photographers who took on this task; I’ve seen many really great shots from around the […]
Using depth of field to highlight one part of a photo.
Rain has encouraged a growth spurt for some things while volunteer sunflowers and cantaloupe grow tall and strong.
In The Propagator’s guide to this gardening blog theme, it’s suggested to post a quick six, photos of or about the garden, even photos taken on a mobile phone. That’s what I’m doing today, for the first time. Posting from my mobile as well. We’ll see how it goes! [Follow-up: I’m looking at these photos […]