Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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 […]
I imagine if I go through my blog posts from years gone by I’ll come across the phrase ‘…never looked better…’ quite often, but truly, this year my spring garden has never looked better! Flower stalks seem taller, colours seem more vibrant, critter damage is much less obvious…perhaps my eyes are getting older and my […]
Lupins and Iris are now adding joyous colour to the garden.
For 49 weeks a year I think tall bearded Iris are a waste of garden space. Dandelions love to grow in impossibly tight spaces between their rhizomes. Leaves get tatty and mottled by the end of July, and are unremarkable the rest of the growing season. You’re supposed to divide the rhizomes every few years. […]
Irises are taking centre stage in this week’s Vase.
Intriguing discoveries are still to be made, eve in shades of black, white and brown.
Late spring early summer colour and blooms in the garden.