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Aug 6: flowers and butterflies in the garden

August 6, 2022Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, gardening, photography, swallowtail1 Comment

May 2: tulips and columbine

May 2, 2022Posted in springTagged columbine, flowers, photography, tulips1 Comment

I came home from a week away and found the columbine, salvia, and tulips blooming.

Apr 6: rhodies and the beginnings of redbud and dogwood blooms

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Feb 23: bees, sedum leaves, volunteer feverfew, and first vinca flower

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May 2: buds and early bloomers

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, gardening, photographyLeave a comment

The oak tree suddenly has leaves, and the salvia are blooming. The blossoms of tulips, dogwoods, and redbud begin to fade, but the yarrow, dwarf lilac, roses, rue, and scabiosa all have flower buds. The orlaya came back and its buds are opening, too. I see the beginnings of flower buds on a few echinacea, and a nepetas’ blue blossoms sprinkle the air above their silvery green leaves.

I put in a passionflower today, along with 3 blanket flowers and 2 scarlet and orange milkweeds. I’ve got my fingers crossed for the passionflower. I hope it will last.

The summer bloomers are putting out leaves, and the back bed is starting to fill in

Apr 18: redbuds and dogwoods in bloom

April 19, 2021April 18, 2021Posted in Photography, springTagged flowers, garden, gardening, photography3 Comments

I went for a walk around the neighborhood today. Pink and magenta redbuds contrast with the chartreuses of fresh leaves. The earth is lush and coming back to life.

Garden at the UU church around the corner

Redbud blossoms at the site of a missing branch

This is the greenest the grass will be all year

Apr 12: Emergence

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021Posted in springTagged flowers, garden, gardening, photographyLeave a comment

The grass is the lush, vibrant green that only appears in spring. Pears and cherries and magnolias bloom all over town. Tulips pop in bright colors in the landscaping of public places: medians, libraries, the aquatic center.

In our garden, the redbud is covered in fuchsia buds and the dogwood flowers bloom green before they brighten to white. The leaves of perennials begin to emerge from beneath the fresh mulch. The blades of ornamental grasses come in tender and emerald green. The forsythia and daffodils are done in our garden — I cut back the forsythia this weekend — but violets and periwinkles blossom at the top of the hill. The salvia forms buds that should open in a few weeks. Besides the trees, the primary flowers right now are the ones in our flower baskets; that will change soon though.

Back bed with perennials starting to fill in

June 18: feverfew and coneflowers in bloom

June 18, 2020June 28, 2020Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, coneflowers, echinacea, flowers2 Comments

April 18: Spring beginnings

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020Posted in springTagged flowers, garden, springLeave a comment

This is the time of year where I walk the garden every day to see what shoots are emerging from the ground, what’s about to blossom, and what’s already in bloom. I also like to admire the garden overall with all it’s tidy mulch I spent a week spreading.

July 6: Garden in Photos

July 6, 2019Posted in Photography, summerTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, gardening, photographyLeave a comment

I haven’t seen any caterpillars or big butterflies in a few days (or weeks?). The flowers are pretty though.

shasta daisy with water droplets_0112 — Morning shastas

yellow zinnia_0120 — Yellow zinnia and forget-me-nots

cleome_0100 — Volunteer cleome and echinacea

orange sombrero coneflower_0024 — New Sombrero Adobe Orange Coneflower

hammock with me in it — Butterfly watch from the hammock

flight of the bumblebee_0033 — Flight of the bumblebee 🐝

joe pye_0019 — The Joe Pye weed is blushing

mexican feather grass_0143 — I love this Mexican feather grass so much

russian sage blue sky_0040 — My little prairie

echinacea_0101 — Echinacea is starting to come into bloom

back beds_0169 — Lots going on out back; still needs to fill in

front bed 5pm_0014 — Late afternoon out front

May 16: Garden in photos

May 16, 2019Posted in Photography, springTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, garden, photography1 Comment

The roses, penstemon, perennial salvias, and yarrows are in bloom. Zinnia seeds are in the ground, echinacea buds are forming, and the summer bloomers are starting to get full in their foliage.

I always love photographing the yarrow and salvia in May when they’re fresh and peaking. This time of year makes me want to fill the garden with them, though by summer’s end, I’m always glad I haven’t. It’s nice to have the bright zinnias and black-eyed Susans to fill in the space at their peak when the indigo salvia and yarrow are past their prime.

But for now, they sure are pretty.