This is my regular post about what is blooming in the garden on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, the 15th of each month. Due to an unseasonably warm month of March, we are about two to three weeks ahead of schedule. There is lots going on in the garden! I’ll just show you a few of [...]
It’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD) again. Thanks heavens! This is a great reminder for me to post a blog. I’ve been hit-or-miss at posting since I broke my collar bone last spring. It still hasn’t healed completely, and this has really restricted my gardening efforts. Whch has made me loath to blog. Not logical, but true! So the [...]
Conifers are trees and shrubs that bear cones instead of flowers. Conifers add structure to the landscape. And because most are evergreen, they are especially appreciated in a barren winter setting. Think how naked my garden shed would look without the evergreens in this image! The large plant to the left is a blue spruce, Picea [...]
December 15, and what is blooming? Not much. We are having an unusually warm spell (60 degrees!) and continuous drizzle, though I’ve braved the elements to get these few images. And I’m finally learning that the only thing normal about Cincinnati weather is . . . that it is never normal! Above, the intrepid perennial [...]
Here are a few things that are blooming on June 15, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’ always looks great in early summer. When the flowers fade, you must cut this plant back to get another flush of blooms. No so with the newer selections of Coreopsis verticillata, which continue to bloom without being [...]
Here are a few things that are blooming in my Cincinnati garden on Gardener’s Bloom Day, May 15. I sneaked out between rainstorms to get a few images from the gardens nearest the house. Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ is a favorite blooming bulb from the onion family . . . Here’s another spring bloomer that grows from a bulb, [...]
I took these pictures yesterday morning, on April 15 – Gardener Blogger’s Bloom Day. I didn’t get them posted in time to actually participate in the bloggers bloom day, but I’ll show you anyway. Since today is a rainy day, you may find them especially appealing. Above is the flowering quince, Chaenomeles japonica ‘Texas Scarlet’. Behind [...]
I never used to grow roses because they were fussy flowers with a host of insect and disease problems that had to be dealt with to have success. Regular applications of fertilizer and pest control were mandatory. And while the flowers were beautiful, they came on awkward-looking, thorny plants that were a pain to prune [...]
The 15th of each month is Garden Blogger Bloom Day. Bloggers from around the world trek out with camera in hand to document what is blooming in their locale. My trek out was a bit soggy on this March 15, with rain and thundershowers expected today and tomorrow. Still, there are a few interesting things [...]
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