New Spring Seeds

Poppies, coreopsis, calendula and sunflowers.
from Halifax Seed

Chester Day Trip - New Plants

Today was the first time we went to the garden centre in Chester. Great selection! We even found papyrus King Tut which we've had once before. Now we know where to find it every spring.

We also came home with two new dwarf trees to add to our collection:

tsuga canadensis Watnong Star

cryptomeria japonica Dinger

And a new dwarf hosta:

hosta Pamela Lee

This shot is for perspective:

hosta Pamela Lee front centre, plus Mouse Ears, Wolverine, and June (left to right)

An Evening with Arlene

Had a wonderful evening in Regina on March 20th hearing Arlene Dickinson speak.

New Daylilies from Harbour Breezes

New daylilies purchased at Harbour Breezes July 27/28, 2013

Banned in Boston

For the back yard:
Banned in Boston (above)
Creature of the Night
Lady Inara Cubiles
Louis Lorrain
Michelle Reid
Odds and Ends
Super Model
Blueberry Breakfast

Cameroons Twister

For the front yard:
Cameroons Twister (above)
Apple Swirl
Atlanta Full House
Nona's Garnet Spider
Jersey Spider

First Spring Tulips

Monte Carlo were the first of the regular tulips to bloom...

And these unknown pink tulips were second...

Loving the Sun

Romeo is enjoying the sun today too! Nice to see it after a dull couple of months. Crocus and tulips and hyacinths are popping up.

Caught my eye

The big and bold always sucks me in! Planted with Carey's orange poppies - I've got a Daley Progress section in the garden now ;)

Pink in the quarry

These pretty pink things bloom throughout the quarry out behind our property. I would swear that they are some relation to azalea because they have a simlar look and the blooms even open exactly the same way.

Outside - my back yard

Hard to stay inside when this is going on outside. I'm heading out now...

Blooming primroses

I've never seen these primroses bloom so full of flowers before. They must like the new spot I moved them to last summer - 4 patches like this.

Art Deco works for me

I have to brag about my Art Deco dahlias.  I bought a tuber on clearance in 2008.  My first dahlia ever - it cost me a dollar.  Although I had a few glads at the time, I wasn't really bought into the whole 'lift in fall' thing.  They multiplied fast.  This year we had them all along the top of the stone wall beside the driveway.  It would have been beautiful if the slugs hadn't been feasting on them all summer.  We did eventually get blooms this year but not nice clumps like we've had in previous years.

It's one of my favourites (next to Alpen Cherub).  I'm hoping for a cold winter this year so we don't have as many slugs, snails, and earwigs next season.

Best of September 2011

September was an interesting month this year in my garden.  With such a short season this year, I was running around still waiting for phlox, glads, and dahlias to bloom.  One of the nicest surprises this season was seeing two hydrangeas bloom for the first time.  Both of my Cityline hydrangeas, Paris and Vienna (below) require winter coverage and I've always been too lazy to do it.  After one season of no blooms from either, I was rewarded this year with blooms on both.

Hydrangea Cityline Vienna

My purple statice bloomed in this spot also for the first time this year and was a lovely backdrop for the delicate pink flowers.

Best of August 2011

I didn't do nearly as much picture taking this gardening season as in previous years.  Because I didn't buy many new plants this year, I was thinking that my photos would mostly be repeats from previous years.  However, I did have several things bloom for the first time this year: including new daylilies planted last year and two hydrangeas that I've been too lazy to protect over the winter.  The winner for new perennials this year has to be the new pink coneflowers planted in Kelly's garden.

Echinacea purpurea

It's now late October and these flowers are still going strong!  Here's some more pictures from August.

Best of July 2011

It was hard to pick a favourite of all the pictures I took in July, but this daylily stands out.  I planted a mix of 6 daylilies in the spring of 2010 and I have 2 patches of this colour.  In the fall we'll put them together by the golden coreopsis.  Some exciting first time blooms this month: Kelly's voodoo lily, our wisteria, and America lily.  Danielle's temporary lily garden out back gave us lots of variety.

Best of June 2011

I couldn't decide so it's a tie for June.  Azalea exbury 'Fireball' above and a new unknown iris below.  Here are some more June pictures.

Best of May 2011

My back garden looks a lot different now but the spring colours were pretty.  The daffodil mix I planted last fall has turned out to be fun and I snapped lots of pretty blooms.

Best of April 2011

My gardening and photography have both been suffering this year, along with the Nova Scotia weather.  Of the few shots I took in April, this is my favourite.  These are botanical tulips that came from Danielle - they got a big break this past winter from what they were used to in Saskatchewan.

5 days of heavy rain

Things are a bit droopy.  In the end it was the rain, not the frost, that did in the dahlias in the front garden.  Ones in the back garden are still blooming.  I'm going to send a picture to our local weather lady on the evening news.

Overdue

Last quarter's HST filing is overdue but I got the worst part done - gathering up and sorting all the receipts and papers.

Flood Zone

After 3 days of constant rain, we had a lot of water in the back.  The 'henge (top centre) overflowed into the gardens.  In the middle of this picture is what Kelly says is the real DHD - but unless you watch StarGate you won't really care.

Dahlia in a Vase

Hmm, I'm thinking this might be Babylon Bronze.

Make it Pretty

My instructions were 'make it pretty'.  And I learned lots in the process.

Mimulus

I didn't plant mimulus this year but I got some anyway.

November Garden

Can we make it till December?

Amaryllis Made Easy?

This has been stuck to the fridge in the basement for at least 3 years.  Haven't gotten it to work for me yet.  It appears simple and would be if I took the time to mark the tasks on a calendar.

PS:  Most of the leaves are down but I still have dahlia blooming.  Had a little snow today but I still have dahlia blooming.  If this keeps up, Kelly will want to try palm trees again!