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Tag Archives: perennials
August Garden
Those who have been following this blog for a few years might remember that my largest garden out back peaks during the first week or so of August. Despite the heat and lack of rain, it is right on time, … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged annual flowers, August garden, garden photography, gardening, perennials, summer flowers
111 Comments
In The Garden Today
With all the recent rain and warmth, the garden is in peak form, pleasing us and the pollinators– hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Even the goldfinches have begun to harvest Sunflower and Cosmos seeds. I love it when the garden becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged annuals, coneflowers, Cosmos bipinnatus, garden photography, gardening, gardens, perennials, sunflowers
130 Comments
In The Garden
The big garden is coming into its peak with both perennials and annuals providing a riot of color. Pink Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea), Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), blue Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro), fluffy pink Astilbe taquettii, blazing red Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, yellow, red and orange Daylilies … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged annuals, garden photography, gardens, perennials
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Weekly Garden Highlights – August 26
It has been a varied week, cool and dry earlier, now hot and humid with thunderstorms predicted later to hopefully cool things down. Yesterday, a Monarch (Danaus plexippus) visited my zinnias, elevating zinnias to a ‘must-have’ in my garden from now … Continue reading
Weekly Garden Highlights – August 12
It has been very hot and humid this week, so I’m laying low in terms of any vigorous gardening. Evenings seem to be the most tolerable time to weed and do a bit of trimming. Here are just a few of … Continue reading
Weekly Garden Highlights – July 29
The biggest highlight in my garden this week happened today when I spotted a Monarch butterfly sipping zinnia and globe thistle! A rare sighting, as they have nearly disappeared from my area, it totally made my day, week and month! … Continue reading
Weekly Garden Highlights – July 22
A nice, temperate break in the weather mid-week, sandwiched between hot and humid. ‘Tis high summer! Here are just a few of the highlights in my garden this week (hover over or click photos for ID): Many varieties of Daylilies … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged annuals, flowers, garden photography, gardening, July flowers, perennials, photography
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My Gardens
Although my gardens that I have been working in all summer have been blooming abundantly, it occurred to me that I haven’t written about them or posted photos. How remiss of me! So here is a recap of what has happened … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged country gardening, flowers, gardens, Horticulture, perennials, photography, summer
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Locally Grown and Gorgeous
The locally grown garden plant movement is a return to the way things used to be before big box stores started muscling in on local growers. Using economy of scale, large volume discounts, they out-priced local competition, causing many to … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, Country Living, My Photos
Tagged annuals, gardening, hanging pots, herbs, locally grown, Mill River Farm, perennials, seedlings, vegetables
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Heavenly Delight
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) is one of the most heavenly of scents in the garden. For about two weeks every spring, I inundate my senses with this delicate gift of Nature. Life is good!
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged Convallaria majalis, delight, fragrance, gardening, Lily of the Valley, nature, perennials, spring
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