After a coolish and rainy April, the garden is full of buds are about ready to burst open with color. Here are a few photos from this morning of our early bloomers.
… Viburnums in the shade
… last of the Sand Cherry Blossoms
… colorful Creeping Phlox
… fragrant Lily of the Valley
… tall, pink Tulips
The garden is just barely getting started for the season. I am looking forward to having more photos to share in the coming months.
Have a great week!
A photo of Bleeding Hearts from our shade garden to wish you a Happy Earth Day!
With warm weather this week, it is time to get out to do some garden clean-up – but not too much. Winter might still reappear for a bit. With luck, I’ll have garden updates for you soon!
Have a great day!
We’ve gotten a wee bit more than the less-than-1-inch of snow predicted for today.
It’s cold and gray and snowy today … all day. The perfect kind of day for staying in, snuggling with the dogs, and drinking hot cocoa! Here’s hoping that yours is a lovely one!
In case you missed these recipes before, here are a few cocoa posts:
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate (I actually still have a few of those marshmallow snowmen! Big grin!)
Here are a few photos that I took in our front garden earlier today during our first snowfall of the season. I was glad that the snow did not amount to much, but it was fun to get out and get a few pictures before the colors in the garden had entirely faded. But, brrrr …. it was cold.
Have a great weekend! Stay warm!
Here today, gone tomorrow. That is probably what nature has in store for the last flowers from this season’s garden. Though it was 70 degrees here earlier today, the temperature has dropped almost 30 degrees in the past few hours with an additional drop of 20 more degrees predicted tonight… all thanks to the Bomb Cyclone headed our way. Brrrr …. winter comes tonight and looks like it is here to stay for a while. Goodnight, sweet garden. We’ll see you in the Spring!
Stay warm! Have a great week!
Here in Manhattan, Kansas, we’ve been having unseasonably warm weather this October with recent day time highs hovering around 80 degrees F. (It is actually supposed to get up to 85 here tomorrow.) So it seems as though nearly everyone is giddy over the sunshine and warm temperatures. I took advantage of the weather today to get some photos of the gardens. Enjoy!
Roses
Toad Lilies
Chrysanthemums
Hibiscus (This is probably the latest I’ve had one bloom. My other three are already dying back for the season.)
Quince
Asters Raydon’s Favorite
Beauty Berries & Asters
Japanese Maple Garnet
Liatris (stalks)
Viburnum Leaves
Wishing you a lovely autumn!
Black-flowering Moudry Grass in the garden today …
I hope that you, too, are having a lovely day!
Weather-wise, it has been a wonderful September for the garden. Lots of sunshine, warm days and “coolish” nights. Here is a picture of Mr. Lincoln from my garden earlier today. With the cooperation of Mother Nature, I should have roses blooming for another four to six weeks. Roses are the backbone of my front garden … the nearly the first and always last to bloom.
Have a great evening!
Happy autumn!
Have a lovely autumn day!
(From the garden today: Fragrant Phlox, Russian Sage, Chrysanthemums, Beauty Berries, Liriope, and Blue Mist Spirea)
A Taste of Morning 