An unexpected final glad has popped up in the perfect spot.
Category: Garden Design
Six on Saturday – 04JUN2022 – Mainly Lupines
Hybrid lupins love the soil in my garden and are having a great year.
Flower Friday – Camassia Quamash
Gorgeous deep blue flowers now in bloom.
Six on Saturday – 08JAN2022 – Snowy Boughs
Evergreens are SO necessary to add interest to the winter garden.
Six on Saturday – 21/08/2021 – side garden, foggy morning
The garden is loving our hot and humid August!
Flower Friday: Close, Closer, Closest
Some flowers are born for a close-up.
Six on Saturday – 24/07/2021 – Lilies and Lace
One of the tallest flowers blooming in my garden this week wasn’t planted by me (or anyone…); seeds just blew in with the wind (or were dropped by birds or small rodents perhaps), as native (or non native) wild flowers do. It’s Daucus carota, known over here as Queen Anne’s Lace. Like so many plants […]
Flower Friday – Compass Plant
A native perennial I’ve loved since the moment I heard about it is the Compass Plant – Silphium laciniatum. I think my attraction was originally to the common name and then its striking height. It grows to about eight feet high in my garden some years, and its large basal leaves are said to point […]
Flower Friday – Grey (eh?) Dogwood
The native Grey Dogwood is now blooming, getting ready to produce berries for birds in the fall.
County Gardening 