See Previous | See Next This week the wild mass that is my front garden is being very persistent with its late-summer blooms – sunflowers and echinacea and Queen Anne’s lace all tangled together. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is rather a mish-mash, but with more emphasis on roses than how things are looking at present. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 has more roses and more emphasis on fruits (plums and pears) than what I’m presently seeing. …
See Previous | See Next This week things in the garden are getting a little leggy and/or drying out in the heat of the Colorado summer. But, the fruits of the summer are also starting to appear, so the birds and raccoons are probably happy at least. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is trying to hint at more roses to come, but I’m not so certain that’s what this particular summer has in store. We’ll see. Looking back…
See Previous | See Next This week my liatris are even prettier than last week (and the lamb’s ears absolutely taking over the back corner garden have produced a sprawl that is undeniable). Purple liatris and yellow daisies are the super colors of bright, hot summertime. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years also shows you a peek at some raspberries, which are also doing their thing this time of year (i.e. about three berries every couple of days). Looking…
See Previous | See Next This week my echinacea (despite stiff competition) is working hard to steal the front-garden show. But also, front and back, my liatris are blooming! I’m not sure why I like liatris so much, but I do, and Yay! they’re here! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that this is definitely the time of the liatris! (Also echinacea.) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years highlights the echinacea a little bit more. (Also the…
See Previous | See Next This week there are more lilies! Day lilies and asiatic lilies. Though some other bits of the garden are showing the heat. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows more July colors, and the way my garden gets rather a going-to-seed look this time of year – but with colors! Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years makes my garden almost look put together – always show the pretty side. …This week, my garden…
See Previous | See Next Sorry for being late. But, Ta-da! All the July flowers are now here! Tiger lilies and cherry bells, yarrow and daisies and coreopsis. And there’s echinacea too, blooming in the front garden. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows more lilies. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows liatris, too, which isn’t quite blooming yet, but should be soon. …This week, my garden is very awake in the bright, bright Sun.
See Previous | See Next This week my garden is looking just right for wild, rambling, misty mornings. With mosquitos. But ignore the mosquitos. It’s much more romantic without the mosquitos. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that it’s definitely the season for summer lushness. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years emphasizes that July is also definitely the time of the sea of daisies (which has gone a bit rogue this year, but is still sea-of-daisies-like). …This…
See Previous | See Next This week a couple of my fancy roses have decided to bloom. I never get very many of those, but they are very pretty while they’re here. The one in the picture is El Catala. I might get one more bloom out of her (I have a very shady garden) or a rabbit or a squirrel might decide to eat it instead… Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows a bunch of roses that…
See Previous | See Next This week has given us extremes, from raining buckets, to sunny-and-hot. Yucca flowers are some of my favorites, but always so sadly short-lived. And my roses might be slow to turn up this year, but some at least have a lot more buds than usual – I suppose they like being properly (rain) watered. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years mostly gives hope of more roses – and also daisies coming soon. Looking back…
See Previous | See Next This week my peony is trying to take over my garden by lounging all over every part of it that it can reach. The garden is way too big for such a thing to be possible but it’s still making an impressive attempt. Also, my bearded irises are still a no-show. But, in an interesting twist, I have surprise irises instead that last year I didn’t even know I was planting. I thought I was…