In the Garden

My little one picked out Ranunculus for Mother's Day for my mom and myself.
I got the red (my favorite color) and grandma got the orange.

Boy, I can't wait to see what type of lily this is.

The little one's Japanese Maple tree is leafing out.
So cute!

This peony is growing like gangbusters and
at least three buds are set.

The poppy has a couple huge buds.

My 'Firewitch' Dianthus took last year off but will be in full bloom this year!

I've been applying Liquid Fence to my garden (Boy! Does it stink when it's wet but it seems to be doing its job so I think I can handle it.) I bought it directly from the company but it is also sold at Home Depot if you need something to keep the deer and rabbits out of your flower beds. The other nice thing about it is it is all natural(rotten eggs and such) so you can actually use it on food crops just not close to harvest. :o)

In the Garden

Not a ton of photos today but I do have a blossom and others just itching to bloom. We are going outside tomorrow(it will be near 80!) to plant some new fleurs and put up some deer netting around the beds before they do any further damage. It won't be pretty but it will preserve my pretty beds :o) (BTW, the sunny photos are from today, the shady ones from yesterday)

Last Flowers of the Growing Season

I took these photos the day before our first hard frost(11/2). They truly were the last of the season :o(

No Worse for Wear

The double daffodils always end up like this

The other full size daffodils look okay

the mini daffodils look better than I expected since they seemed to get the most snow

the hyacinth continues to open up and reveal herself

Wordless Wednesday- In Anticipation of Spring

I Can't Wait for Spring!!

My mom just brought these over for me yesterday. I was already itching to get out into the garden but now I can't even tell you how much I'm looking forward to getting out there!

This year, blooming for the first time in my garden : bearded iris, astilbe, foxglove, moss pinks, sweet williams, daffodils

I have seeds for the flower pots that line my front steps and the hanging baskets on the porch and by the side door: four o'clocks, nasturtium, calendula, spanish flag

I'm starting an antique flower cutting garden from seed which includes: sweet peas, apricot sunflowers, zinnias, cleome, chinese forget me nots, tobacco, more columbine(I have suddenly become infatuated with these pretty little flowers!),canterbury bells



And my mom is going to help me move the hosta's from the back to the front under the apple tree and is bringing some of her overabbundance of small Rose of Sharon bushes to plant along the south side of the house.

I cannot wait to get out there and start gardening, now that the boy is a little older he can either play in the back yard or help me while we work. My guess is he'll want to help play in the dirt since he likes to help me do pretty much everything I will let him.

Like I said, I can't wait!! I'll share the garden's progress (and flowers) as time permits!

new flowers in my garden

Photos of my first year Phlox and Crocosmia. I'm very pleasantly surprised with both. So pretty!

New Photos From Holden Arboretum

Holden Arboretum - Frogs and Waterlilies

Holden Arboretum Photos