Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
My vase this week is one of a pair of glass milk jugs I’ve had lying around for a while. I don’t recall how they came into the house; likely they were the spoils of an afternoon spent visiting antique shops here in the County. There is no dairy by this name any longer, and […]
Native perennials (mainly) in this week’s vase of flowers
White Echinacea and colourful Zinneas are taking centre stage in my August gardens
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In late summer, 2017, we sat on the back steps, pulling apart hollyhock seedheads, spilling seeds into a old coffee tin for later sowing, planting and giving away. Needless to say, a lot of these seeds wound up in the gravel and grass around the back steps instead of in the tin. They’ve been germinating […]
Colourful and tasty Nasturtiums are packed into the kitchen garden.
A Japanese vase inspires this week’s collection of cut flowers.
White was a dominant colour in the garden over the weekend.
A wonderful cut flower – Ranunculus is now blooming in my garden.
I was out early yesterday morning, along with the birds and the mosquitoes, snipping a few peonies before the day heated up (which it did!) to attenpt a big, blowsy case of pink and red. Along the way, I also made two snips of a mock range (Philadelphus ‘Starbright’) just this weekend coming into bloom. […]
Tall bearded Iris make a statement in today’s vase.
