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.
Archive for the ‘Bloom Day’ Category
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – October 2010
Posted in Bloom Day, tagged CT, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, garden in Stamford on October 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
August Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day in Connecticut on August 15, 2010 | 15 Comments »
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 [...]
July 2010 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Artemeisa 'Silver Mound', Belamcanda chinensis, Cleome 'White Queen', Coreopsis 'Full Moon', Garden Bloggers Bllom Day, Liatris spicata, Origanumlibanoticum on July 15, 2010 | 12 Comments »
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 [...]
Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – June 2010
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on June 15, 2010 | 17 Comments »
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 [...]
May Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on May 15, 2010 | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – April 2010
Posted in Bloom Day, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on April 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
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 [...]
Wintery Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, memories of spring on January 15, 2010 | 15 Comments »
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 [...]
Happy November Bloom Day!
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, tagged beautyberry bush, bluechip butterfly bush, doublefile viburnum, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, kousa dogwood, little henry itea on November 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – October 2009
Posted in Bloom Day on October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
September 2009 Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut on September 15, 2009 | 12 Comments »
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 [...]





