It’s time to celebrate what’s blooming in our gardens again. Here’s a peek into my southwestern Connecticut garden (zone 6). A special thank you to Carol of May Dreams Gardens for hosting gardens bloggers from around the world on the 15th of each month – Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day! It’s mid-month so that means it’s time to showcase what’s blooming in my Connecticut garden…but I must warn you, there’s been no measurable rain here for weeks so there’s not much that isn’t crispy and brown.
Don’t forget to head over to see what’s blooming in Carol’s garden and then click on the links to the other garden bloggers who are ready t owelcome you into their gardens today too.
It’s July 15th so that means it’s that time of the month to share what’s happening here in my southwestern CT (zone 6) garden. If you’re new to Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD), there are a free things you should know about it. First, GBBD is the brainchild of Carol over at May Dreams Gardens and second, it’s a wonderful opportunity to see into the gardens of fellow garden bloggers. Here’s a quick peek into my garden today.
A 'wide' shot of one section of my garden...close-ups to follow.
Cleome 'White Queen', I love this flower and find it aptly named since it's so regal and powerful in the garden.
Liatris spicata is a colorful, and fuzzy, foil for 'White Queen'
Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily) is a little treasure received from a plant swap last fall.
Coreopsis 'Full Moon' seems to be a favorite of the bees right now
Origanum libanoticum (ornamental oregano) and Artemeisa ‘Silver Mound’ look lovely together at the front of the bed
Happy Bloom Day!
It’s the middle of the June and that means it’s time to show off some of the plants that are blooming in my garden. The idea for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD) comes from Carol, the author of May Dreams Gardens blog. At this time every month, fellow garden bloggers give each other a peak into their own gardens. Have you opened your garden for the rest of us to see? no problem, there’s still time to share in the fun and discovery of GBBD.
The first blooms in almost a decade on my Japanese hydrangea vine.
'Common' daylilies with the foliage of 'Baby Joe' eupatorium in the background. I love the rich color of the stems of 'Baby Joe'.
Taking photos of your garden has lots of hidden benefits...like showing you a more objective view of your garden vignettes. I think I need to move the artemesia - too much silver foliage together! Funny how I didn't 'see' that until now. Maybe something with big, purple leaves...
Alchemilla mollis (a new favorite) and Salvia ‘East Friesland’
A new addition to my garden, 'Invincibelle Spirit', (the pink 'Annabelle' hydrangea), has kind of funky flower almost-open blossoms. I love my regular 'Annabelle's so I'm very excited to see how the pink cultivar performs in my garden. So far I'm not overly impressed but I'm reserving judgement.
I hope you enjoyed the quick tour through my garden. Now head over to May Dreams Gardens and check out the blooms over there.
This past month my garden has finally come alive and I am so excited by all plants that are blooming right now… but I decided to focus on flowering trees and shrubs, perhaps not the typical fare on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD), but still colorful. If you’re not familiar with GBBD, the inspiration for it comes from Carol over at May Dreams Gardens.
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow' is a favorite evergreen shrub for its colorful foliage but the small white flowers are a bonus in the spring.
The white flowers are just starting to open on my fringe tree
This doublefile viburnum and weigela have been planted together for a dozen years and I don't recall ever having seen them both in bloom at the same time. One of the side benefits of this wacky spring!
The golden chain tree is like a cloud of yellow this week
A close up view of one of the 'chains'
This unnamed rhodi is starting to bloom, the bees love it!
Who says you need flowers for a colorful garden?
Happy Bloom Day.
I’ve taken a few months off from Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD) but I’m finally back. The incredible amount of rain and record high temps mean my garden is several weeks ahead of where it normally is. Before you stroll through my garden, I’d should remind you that we have Carol over at May Dreams Gardens to thank for GBBD, so stop by her blog and see what blooming in her garden too.
Happy Bloom Day!
It is January 15th and that means it’s time to celebrate another Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD), a day when bloggers can stop for a moment and celebrate the beauty in their own gardens, as well as gardens around the world. GBBD all began a few years ago with Carol, the author of May Dreams Gardens blog. So after you’ve read my post, please stop by Carol’s blog and see what’s happening in her garden. And don’t forget to check out some of the other bloggers who have posted links to their gardens too. You’ll be amazed and inspired!
I have a confession to make, I have nothing interesting happening in my garden here in southwestern Connecticut (zone 6) in the middle of January. Sure I have a few colored twigs and remnants of berries but my photography skills aren’t good enough to showcase them.
While winter has only officially been with us for less than a month, it seems like everyone is already complaining about how long it seems. Like many parts of the country, it has been unusually cold here – the leaves on my poor rhododendrons have been curled up tight like knitting needles for so long I’m beginning to wonder if they’ll ever unfurl.
So I have taken my inspiration for this January GBBD from some quotes about winter and some memories of warmer times in my garden….
Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. ~ From the movie An Affair to Remember
The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. ~ Ward Elliot Hour
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. ~ Helen Hayes
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show. ~ Andrew Wyeth
Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to you. And here’s hoping your memories of spring help chase away any winter blues.
Here it is the middle of yet another month and that means it’s time to open my garden and let you peek inside and see what’s happening. Here in southwestern CT (zone 6), there’s not too much blooming but I do have some interesting color from the leaves and berries that are still remaining on some of the deciduous trees and shrubs.
My blue chip butterfly bush is still blooming in mid-November
The purple leaves of this doublefile viburnum really help offset this lone flower.
The faded flowers on this hydrangea still draw your eye.
The purple berries of a Beautyberry bush still shine, even against the dying leaves.
Who needs flowers when you have the brilliant red leaves of Little Henry sweetspire?
The multi-colored leaves of this Kousa dogwood brighten up a dreary corner.
Now that you’ve had a chance to look inside my garden, I hope you’ll head over to May Dreams Gardens to see what’s happening in Carol’s garden. Carol is the mother of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. If you check out the comments section of her post you’ll see links to scores of other garden bloggers who are ready to share their gardens with you too.
Enjoy!
Happy Garden Bloogers Bloom Day (GBBD) for October. For the uninitiated, on the 15th of each month, garden bloggers around the world share what is blooming in their gardens. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? We have Carol over at May Dreams Gardens to thank for this lovely tradition.
Here’s a peek at what’s happening in my garden in CT (z0ne 6) this month…
I think these pentas & crocosmia still think it's summer!
The flowers on Pinky Winky are a beautiful shade of pink this week
This zebra grass seriously needs dividing but it looks great in my fall garden
Isn't it strange how these two Anthony Waterer spireas, planted right next to each other, are showing their fall colors so differently?
Another scene with one of my many ornamental grasses
Limelight hydrangea with a kousa dogwood and Annabelle in the background
It's finally time for Beautyberry to take center stage in the garden.
Happy Bloom Day!
Even though the calendar says it’s still summer, my garden says it’s fall already. And I couldn’t be happier to put the summer behind me. Here in Stamford, CT (zone 6), we had the wettest June on record, followed by a July marked by intermittent storms that brought torrential downpours, followed by an August filled with heat and humidity. My poor garden went from one extreme to the next every few weeks.
Fall is my favorite season in the garden so for this Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, I thought I’d share some of the first signs of fall in my garden:
The leaves are just starting their show. These Japanese maple leaves are starting to turn interesting shades of purple and will be brilliant red next month.
The yellow margins of porcupine grass turn orangey-red in the fall.
Joe Pye Weed with some Full Moon coreopsis
The flower panicles of Limelight hydrangea get pinker every day
Cimicifuga is new to my garden this year and this is the first flower to bloom. Not only does it brighten this corner of the garden, the fragrance is intoxicating.
An unnamed hibiscus blooms among several ornamental grasses
Sweet autumn clematis is another fragrant bloomer
I enjoy the faded blooms of these hydrangeas almost as much now as when they were first in bloom a few months ago
To see what’s blooming in many beautiful gardens around the world, go to May Dreams Gardens and check out what Carol has blooming in her garden and then go to the comments section to see who else has posted a link to share their gardens for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
Happy Bloom Day!
