2sDay: Blooms
I love the play on words. Today is 2sDay and time for photos of 2 of the same thing. In the past I’ve usually shared bird photo so it’s time to share some flowers. This week I have 2 photos … Continued
Plant Profile: Daffodils
Daffodils also known as narcissus or a jonquil are delightful spring blooms. They come in a variety of sizes and colours and brighten the garden during May. Bulbs should be planted in the Fall before the frost sets in. Choose … Continued
Pots Under ‘Hosta’ge
Several years ago I did a post about my garden under ‘hosta’ge. I just love these plants in our shady north facing garden. Over the years I’ve been dividing them and creating new gardens or sharing them with other gardeners. … Continued
Plant Profile: Tulips
Tulips are beautiful spring blooms. When the snow begins to vanish from the garden you can see the bulbs poking through the ground. Tulips are perennial plants that grow from bulbs. The bulbs are planted in the Fall and … Continued
Plant Profile: Chives
Chives are a perennial herb that belongs to the onion family. I have two types of chives growing in the garden, each flowering at different times of the season. The common chives have tubular leaves/stalks and blooms in May and … Continued
Plant Profile: Poppies
The poppies start to poke themselves through the ground about mid April. Poppies belong to the Papaveraceae family and there are at least 100 varieties either annual, biennial or perennial. While I wait for the blooms to appear I’ve been doing … Continued
Plant Profile: Four O’clocks
4 o’clocks or Marvel of Peru or Mirabilis jalapa is an annual plant where I live in Canada. The blooms of many colours usually open in the late afternoon, all night and close up the following morning. The plant likes … Continued
Plant Profile: Equisetum Horse Tail
Horse tail is a wild plant that grows in the damp, wild area of the garden. It is also known as snake grass, scouring rush, bottle brush or puzzle grass. It is considered a a living fossil and a prehistoric … Continued
Plant Profile: Rose of Sharon
A few years ago I was given a cutting from a Rose of Sharon bush and this year it is finally big enough to bloom. And not just one or two blooms but it is going to have lots of … Continued
Plant Profile: Rhubarb
Seeing the rhubarb poke through the ground on a chilly day is always a good sign that the garden is awakening after the long winter. Technically rhubarb is a vegetable but we tend to treat it as being in the … Continued
Plant Profile: Lady’s Mantle
L is for Lady’s Mantle – alchemilla mollis. This beautiful perennial plant is best known for its leaves. I love to photogaph the cup shaped leaves after a gentle rain. The rain drops will bead up on the leaf and … Continued
The Plant Nanny
I love the challenge of recycling and reusing, and wine bottles is a favourite thing of mine to use in the garden. It takes awhile to collect the blue bottles but the green is fairly common for wine bottles. … Continued
Plant Profile: Ligularia
Ligularia, a perennial plant, was added to the garden in May 2015. This plant has yellow daisy like flowers dark green leaves with a purple/reddish underneath. It seems there are different varieties of ligularia. The plant came with the tag Ligularia Praewalskii on … Continued
Purple Hyacinth Beans
Purple hyacinth beans or lablab purpureus. This is an ornamental, annual vine that I grow for the lovely flowers and coloured beans.Plants like full sun and will grow well on a south facing wall. Soil should have good drainage. The interesting … Continued
Incarvillea delavayl or Hardy Gloxinia
Incarvillea delavayl is known as hardy gloxinia or Chinese trumpet flower. It is frequently sold as flowering ferns, but we know ferns don’t flower and I think they are called this because of the fern like leaves. I got some roots at … Continued