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by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: bulbs, May, Plants

Sweet Scents Of Spring Arrive With The Lily Of The Valley

Tagged With: fragrance, lily of the valley, spring flowers, wedding flowers

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 … [Read more...] about Sweet Scents Of Spring Arrive With The Lily Of The Valley

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Landscape Design Know-How, 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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … [Read more...] about Spring Pinks 2011

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2010, May, spring

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 … [Read more...] about Just a Short ‘What’s Up’

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, Garden photos, May

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

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, Garden photos, May

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 … [Read more...] about More of my Garden

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, May

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 … [Read more...] about Dawes: Wildflowers in May

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, May, Mugo pines

Time to prune Mugo pines

Tagged With: mugo pine, shrubs

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 … [Read more...] about Time to prune Mugo pines

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