See Previous | See Next I haven’t been a great roses caretaker this year, and yet my Ebb Tide has been rewarding me, none-the-less, with some very lovely late-summer rebloom blossoms. Also, my most reliable hosta is blooming and is making that part of the garden smell so nice. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows a couple of reblooms from years past, as well as pretty sunflowers that have absented themselves for this particular year. (I might get…
See Previous | See Next This week we finally got a little moisture and coolness, and also my middle garden surprised me with a really pretty selection of pink and purple flowers that hadn’t quite happened before. It would have been even pinky-purpley-er if the liatris in that bed were caught up with the program, but even still it was a really pretty August surprise. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years agrees that it’s purple-flowers time (my ebb-tide rose…
See Previous | See Next It’s been really hot this week, but the light sure has been cooperating to bathe everything in late summery prettiness. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years for once doesn’t seem to have a lot of consensus about what the garden might be up to (except that my liatris are definitely late this year). Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows off the season of lilies, from tiger lilies last month, to plantain lilies…
See Previous | See Next Well, my hens-and-chicks are flowering in their crazy, alien-flower sort of way. And also the rest of my garden seems like it’s coming back to its pretty, green self. (There was a crazy deluge last week I might have to thank for that.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years emphasizes that this is summertime, and there are lots of different pretty flowers that might show up in the summertime. Looking back 2-4 weeks and…
See Previous | See Next My garden is still feeling somewhat ragged from The Time of the Drought, but there are still a few pretty flowers here and there (especially in the pots on my deck). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years recalls the time of pretty lilies, and suggests now should be when the liatris start blooming. …The liatris are not ready for blooming at this time… Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years does agree now is…
See Previous | See Next Well, thing have been hot and dry, and I was gone for a bit so my garden got really dry. Even still, it’s got some pretty corners to show off here and there. The chokecherries are ripening and the Queen Anne’s lace will always find a way. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows off a lot of lilies (that would like me to water them now, please), but agrees that yes this is…
See Previous | See Next Sorry! No Garden Snapshot for this week, as I am away! To make up for it, here are the snapshot sets from this week in some years past. (There’s a bit of a daisies theme…) 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
See Previous | See Next The summer is speeding by so fast. Already we have reached the time of tiger-lilies and raspberries. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows off a scrumptious mix of summer delights. And looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years lets us admire spring irises and summer lilies at the same time, though they otherwise will not meet. …This week my garden is starting to get the hang of this summer thing.
See Previous | See Next We had a little rain, so that was nice. And now it’s hot again. So, my garden’s gone a little bit feral. Never-the-less, I’ve got my beautiful, yellow evening primroses blooming abundantly, plus also a new rose that hasn’t bloomed in my garden before. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a bit of a reminder that, yes, the best blooms happen (and linger longer) when things are not quite so hot! (But it…
See Previous | See Next It’s been a bit (more than a bit) hot this week, so things are blooming, but are also looking a somewhat draggled-y. In other news, the incredible bloom on my redbud this year has now resulted in an incredible lot of dangling seedpods along all the branches. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows off all sorts of pretty peonies and roses and other flowers to distract from the heat of actually being out…