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28.05.14 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Blooming In The Garden

Garden photos + Garden Roses

Finally. Cold weather disappeared and things are blooming. Therese Bugnet I cut these roses down to the ground last fall due to dieback. They are sprouting up and blooming. Rugosa roses are usually very resistant to rose ailments. Except for being a bit chlorotic due to the uneven moisture levels this year, they are doing…

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09.12.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Photos From The Past Year

2013 + Garden photos + year in review

Autumn glory of Pyracantha Wooded walk with the family Even an unkempt yard has beauty Beautiful Therese Bugnet Snow lines the brush along a stream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Visit Ilona’s Garden Journal on facebook: Click here © 2013 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal by Ilona E. An excellent blog.

13.06.12 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Illustrating a couple of my projects around here

2012 + Garden photos + General gardening

Regular need of weeding Pictures, everyone! These two pictures illustrate a little of what and where I am spending my time. The pond hadn’t been touched for a couple years, but I had memories of how much I liked it, so I am completely emptying it ( this picture is of the initial phase. There…

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11.04.12 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

An Ohio View of Spring

Garden photos + spring

I have been gardening, but had a little motivation to take some photos between digging and weeding marathons. Here are some of the pictures from this past month’s flowers. Everything was very early and now have frost damage, but it was absolutely gorgeous while it lasted. Not as pretty as last year These are the…

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19.08.11 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Chicagoland Visit

Garden photos + Garden Stories and Memories + summer + Vegetable garden

Snapshots of Evanston Yards  While in Chicago last week, I managed to  visit my old neighborhood in Evanston, a suburb on the lake. The neighborhoods are still quiet and beautiful, the beaches alluring, but a few things have changed. The houses used to be almost uniformly painted in shade of light gray with deep gray…

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13.03.11 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Roses Scenting the Air

Garden photos + Garden Roses

::repost::I can’t wait until I get to smell the roses again. Paul Neyron, is an old fashioned rose. But nobody tells you that after heat, heavy rains, and the rest of the roses bloomtime being just about over and this guy is looking perfect and fresh as any super suave gentleman might. A real stand…

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24.01.11 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Vase of Flowers

About Flowers + Garden photos + Garden Stories and Memories

Flowers for the Guestroom… I love cut flowers, but I don’t often create bouquets for the house. It is a gracious habit, however, and one which I think I will pay more attention to this year. The pictures above are of some flowers I originally had for one of my guests right before Thanksgiving, the…

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20.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Autumn Morning Musings

2010 + autumn + Garden photos + October

Finally, the rain came, not to slake the thirst of the earth, but just to moisten the tongue. The month began with some of the mists and morning fog that often shrouds the morning of an autumn day in Ohio; the leaves dropped in mostly brown tones, and the chrysanthemums and asters came on smaller…

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12.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

October Photos

About Flowers + Garden photos

Not much to view in the garden in terms of colorful blooms, but I took a ramble and captured some of the garden …. which I hope to write about soon. It is simply a case of being a little down and uninspired with the drought we are experiencing right now. I am not alone…

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28.06.10 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

June Flowers

About Flowers + Garden photos + June

A sampling of some flowers that bloom in June, here in my Central Ohio garden. I had plenty of deep blue larkspur and mammoth-sized dill that came up in the vegetable garden. The heat caused most things to go by all too quickly, and we have now entered a seasonal lull in which the container…

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