There’s an abundance of flowering perennials and shrubs to choose from for this week’s Six on Saturday!
Tag: Lilac
Six on Saturday – 08/06/2019 – Lupins etc
Finally, sunny warm days, more than two in a row! Too much to do in the garden to write much, so I’ll simply post a few snaps from our morning walkabout, and give a shout out to The Propagator, who hosts many Sixes every week!. 1 – Lilacs are still going strong. The common, pale […]
In a Vase on Monday – Endings and Beginnings
Daffs are ending, Lilac is starting.
Six on Saturday – 25/5/2019 – Lilac and Other Blossoms
Lilacs have started to bloom in Prince Edward County!
Silent Sunday – Emergent
Colours of nature provided by Leaves and Flowers emerging in the spring
Butterfly Wednesday
The first hungry swallowtail butterfly of the year seen flitting around a lilac
Six on Saturday – Spring becomes Summer
It’s seasonably cool today but a week of really warm temperatures and yesterday’s rain has given the yard and gardens a lushness (euphemism for rampant growth, overgrown, grass needs cutting again…) that is sometimes hard to take in. It’s like living in a temperate tropicalness. Or a kind of tropical temperateness. Right now the Iris […]
Delights and Disappointments in my Spring Garden
Every gardener realizes, almost from day one, that there are no certainties when it comes to predicting how well things will grow. You can have, on paper, the perfect soil, perfect amount of sunlight, perfect temperatures, perfect moisture levels and still come up with a hugely disappointing crop yield or flower display. On the other […]
Six on Saturday – Signs of Spring
This holiday long weekend is much sunnier – so far – than the weather channels had predicted, with seasonal temperatures for a change. I think it might just be a blip though because it’s been cooler than normal so far this spring and there’s snow predicted for later next week. Heavy sigh. Plants know […]
