A Nosegay of Lily of the Valley One of the joys of this time of year is the scent of the beds of Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis. The fragrance is embedded in my memory from early years. These small, milky white bells arrayed long the delicate stem give out a slightly musky perfume that pervades the air of the garden. When describing flower scent, it is often remarked how certain … [Read more...] about Sweet Scents Of Spring Arrive With The Lily Of The Valley
May
Spring Pinks 2011
There are so many shades of pink in the spring, they stand out against all the intense green and are luminously in harmony with the heavenly blue skies. This year the blooms were a bit late and held tight buds for longer than usual.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2011 written for Ilona's Garden Journal. An excellent blog. … [Read more...] about Spring Pinks 2011
Just a Short ‘What’s Up’
Just dropping in to let all my blog friends know that I have not forgotten about them or posting in my blog... it is just the fact that it is spring! I have been outside gardening (hope you will forgive me for that;) until my body aches, off to plant stores, and even helping out with the Church spruce up day and collaborating with planting plans.I have been taking photos off and on.... so when I … [Read more...] about Just a Short ‘What’s Up’
May Colors
Here are some color scheme ideas for the late May bloom period in Ohio and similar zone 5a climates. The photos may be seen larger if you click on them. … [Read more...] about May Colors
More of my Garden
On the left are meshed pictures of the back walk made of pavers and the front walk of freeform limestone. Upper right is a picture of a just planted container with the Lemon Symphony osteospermum, middle are two views of Arenaria montana growing along the arbor walk. Last, is a part shade container grouping of caladium, polka dot plants, and nicotiana, Domino hybrids. … [Read more...] about More of my Garden
Dawes: Wildflowers in May
a number of wildflowers were blooming during this time: lots of claytonias, trilliums, some Jack-in-a-pulpits, Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star),pussy-toes, many mayapples, common yellow violets in quantity, and lots of common purple violets.Be sure to see Gardens in Ohio. … [Read more...] about Dawes: Wildflowers in May
Time to prune Mugo pines
Pruning this Shrub I started the other day: hand pruning the Mugo pines by cutting off the new candles midway down. Neglected it the past few years and my -now- small trees are spreading more than I like. So I just started snipping and finished 3/4 of one and will get them both done this weekend. Just a bit tedious, but not difficult. You can see how large I let this one grow by the … [Read more...] about Time to prune Mugo pines