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May 20, 2022May 19, 2022Chris Mousseau

Flower Friday – Camassia Quamash

Gorgeous deep blue flowers now in bloom.

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January 8, 2022January 7, 2022Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 08JAN2022 – Snowy Boughs

Evergreens are SO necessary to add interest to the winter garden.

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August 21, 2021August 20, 2021Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 21/08/2021 – side garden, foggy morning

The garden is loving our hot and humid August!

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July 30, 2021July 29, 2021Chris Mousseau

Flower Friday: Close, Closer, Closest

Some flowers are born for a close-up.

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July 24, 2021July 23, 2021Chris Mousseau

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 […]

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July 16, 2021July 15, 2021Chris Mousseau

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 […]

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July 9, 2021July 8, 2021Chris Mousseau

Flower Friday – Grey (eh?) Dogwood

The native Grey Dogwood is now blooming, getting ready to produce berries for birds in the fall.

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June 26, 2021June 25, 2021Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 26/06/2021-Tough and Colourful

Tough flowers can be really, really beautiful!

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June 25, 2021Chris Mousseau

Flower Friday – Ninebark

Here’s a flowering shrub that’s native to much of North America – Physocarpus opulifolius. We call it ninebark because the bark, with as it ages, peels back in layers. Loved by pollinators, I’ve found it seeds easily in my back, wildish area, likely thanks to birds disbursing the seeds. For my conditions, the best thing […]

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May 30, 2021Chris Mousseau

Silent Sunday – Everest

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