Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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 […]
The yard is both dotted and swathed in various shades of yellow as daffodils and dandelions compete for attention – for totally different reasons – as they strive to make up for the late start to spring. Bees have unburrowed as well – I noticed many large bumblebee types buzzing around both Muscari and diving […]
…and some red. But mainly the garden is blue and yellow this weekend, as Muscari armeniacum and Muscari latifolium are in full bloom and daffodills start to take off. ‘Tête-à-tête, ‘Jetfire,’ ‘Dutch Master ‘and now these ‘Ice Follies’ daffodils are now blooming: Corydalis solida is popping up here and there. I planted a bit about […]
A month after spring officially started there’s finally enough happening in my garden to share six things, and to finally join Jim at Garden Ruminations again in his Six on Saturday meme.We had a nice cold temperatures and a decent amount of snow this past winter, for a change, I might add, which delayed by […]
Less than a month of ‘official’ winter left this year, but at least two months until my garden starts to really wake up. Today’s pictures were taken last April 19; the photo above is a close up of Muscari latifolium – broad-leaved grape Hyacinth – which have naturalized really nicely in what I call the […]
Alliums, or flowering onions, seem to spread either by offset (bulbs multiply and send up new leaves and flower stalks while attached to the parent bulb) or by seed, occasionally both ways. I’ve not noticed A. karataviense multiply via offset, but it does set a copious quantity of seeds. New plants start to bloom in […]
With so many bulbs, perennials and shrubs now in bloom, walking through the gardens is like being in an art gallery – room after room, scene after scene of colour, either deep and vibrant or soft and mellow. Microgardens framed by foliage, grass, stone or mulch that encourage me to pause as I wander distractedly […]
County Gardening 