Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Last day of June, which, as it turned out, has been a very busy month. I’ve taken loads of photos but spent much of my time looking after the garden instead of writing about it or processing those shots. Our weather had shifted from cool and damp to hot and dry – quite wonderful for […]
A hot humid heat wave is about to edge north across the Great Lakes bringing a risk of afternoon thunderstorms every day for the next week or so. Yesterday though, and the day before and the day before, it was quite fabulous outdoors. Some sun, warm but not hot, and the air whenever I stepped […]
Have you ever seen one of those social media posts, or TV entertainment show segments with the caption ‘Who Wore it Better?’ Usually it’s a snarky thing, with two women (usually actresses) wearing the same or similar dress, with commentators weighing in on on who looks better in that particular garment. Having an abundance of […]
Peonies are opening this week, bringing blocks of red, pink and white to the garden, but there are many interesting purple flowers open as well, including a pair of Geraniums that were supposed to be pink. I’ll start with this Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersens Variety.’ At least, that’s what the label on the pot said when […]
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 […]
Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens. For me, it’s Tall Flowers week, since both lupins and Iris are now fully engaged in making life beautifully colourful. I added a few other tall stems – Nepeta once again, since it’s so […]
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 […]
So, a friend gave me a pot of Nepeta a few years ago. Great, I thought, catmint, not catnip. It’ll form a nice mound of dusky green foliage with pretty mauve flowers. It’s done that, and more. The mound grew very large, so I moved it (no runners at least, unlike other mints); a small […]
Although a cold front moved in overnight and this morning it’s quite cool, wet and blustery, yesterday was glorious. I was able to do some mowing (although there’s still a lot of very soggy chunks of the yard I can’t get the mower into), some planting (although the tomatoes are still waiting to be transplanted…maybe […]
County Gardening 