Here are some pictures from the garden lately. A clematis which is supposed to be on a lattice, but I didn’t get to painting it yet… it clambers among the mugho pine. Dortmund rose is finally settling in and blooms with deep cherry single flowers. Peony, Dames Rocket, and Hansa rose blooming together in neglected […]
Fragrant and Hardy Roses for the Garden
I want roses to be hardy enough for Ohio winters, and to fill a summer garden with their fragrance. I've grown many roses, but only a few stand up to the difficult tests of a rural garden in Ohio.
In the Deep Freeze
Deep freeze While we are in the deep freezer here in Ohio, I have been setting up (ever so slowly) my new computer. I find myself planning my garden season in the year to come, and am hopeful that my husbands newly mentioned interest comes to fruition. He seems most interested in the vegetable garden, […]
The Scented Garden
It is the time of roses and peonies, two of the most beautifully redolent scents of my late spring garden. These are old fashioned plants, the roses are the varieties William Baffin, Zepherine Drouhin, Therese Bugnet. The Oenothera speciosa and veronicas are blooming, as well. The veronicas are puny this year. Due to so much […]
Tra-la-la. I bought two trees today. They were a special deal at the front of a discount store. Looked decent planted in a plastic pot of promising root size. They are Eastern Redbuds, for the front of the property in proximity to the bronzy leafed crabapples. My previous experience of these was the tree in […]
