Flowercents: Geranium

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Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Wordless Wednesday

Peony Sarah Bernhardt

Elderberry

Cosmos

Geranium

Campanula

Columbine

Iris and hardy Gladiolas

Painted Daisy

Friday, 17 April 2015

Our winter was basically nonexistent this year, so we are experiencing an early Spring. Some plants are a few weeks early, while the geraniums started blooming a whole month earlier than normal. I don't think anyone is complaining though. I don't know if this happens to you, but I found some bulbs blooming in my yard that I have no recollection of buying or planting, ha ha. They are called Spring Snowflake or Galanthus. I had one growing beside my house and another underneath our hazelnut tree. The house makes a poor backdrop for flowers, so I experimented with holding coloured page dividers behind the blooms. You can't have spring without tulips, so I added some photos of those along with some others. The Scillas were here when we moved in and they just keep multiplying and spreading. I'm not sure which variety they are but once you have them you HAVE them.

Geranium Sanguineum

Spring Snowflake

Glory of the Snow or Chinodoxa

Choisya ternata

Elderberry

Tulip Blue Diamond

Tulips Purple Flag

Scilla

Bleeding Heart Luxuriant

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Perennials in Disguise

Petunia Pretty Much Picasso

Have you ever been surprised to see your annuals survive the winter? An annual is a plant that completes their whole life cycle within one growing season, so all roots, stems and leaves of the plant die at the end of the season. Some plants that we consider annuals are actually tender perennials. Perennials are plants that live for more than one growing season. The part of the plant that is above the ground typically dies back each winter and new growth comes from the roots. If you live in a mild climate and/or give these perennials some added shelter, you may be surprised to see these plants growing once again in the spring. As usual, I'm also adding a few pictures of plants blooming in my yard this month.

Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) Zone 5-9 These honey scented flowers also drop seeds that will grow the following year.
Coleus Zone 10-11 If you take cuttings of this plant, they root easily in a glass of water and can be grow as houseplants over the fall and winter.
Begonias (most are perennial) Zone 9-10 These have been known to overwinter in zone 8 if the winter is mild
Fuchsia Zone 8-10, with some varieties hardy to zone 7
Geraniums (Pelargoniums) I found various conflicting zones listed for these, from zone 11 all the way down to zone 7 with protection.
Gerbera daises Zone 9-11
Heliotrope Zone 8-11
Impatiens walleriana Zone 8-10
Lobelia erinus Zone 9-11
Nicotiana Zone 8-11
Osteospermum Zone 9-11
Pansies Zone 4-8 These are usually grown as biennials because they get leggy and unattractive looking in the second year. I love pansies because here in southwest BC, they bloom all winter long, except during our brief cold snaps.
Petunias Zone 9-11
Sage (Salvia) Most species are zone 8-10 with culinary sage being hardier
Snapdragons Zone 8-9 These don't bloom well the second year.

Camellia

Crocus

Anemone Blanda

Pretty Primrose I couldn't resist buying

Friday, 13 June 2014

June Blooms and a Rock Family

June is a busy month in the garden, with the weeds trying to keep up with the flowers. At least I finally know the name of my enemy now, the dreaded pearlwort! I'll have to tackle it further in the fall, once my perennials have died down. Here are some of my June blooms, plus a couple of photos from the cheery chickadees nesting in my yard. I found a cute rock project on Pinterest, and since I love rocks and love painting, I decided to make one for my garden. I'm linking up with Tootsie Time for Fertilizer Friday.

Campanula

Clematis

Feverfew

Fleabane

Geranium

Spirea Buds

Chickadee

Chickadee with moth

Rock Family Project

Rock Family

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

June Blooms

Hello happy gardeners! I'm sharing my June blooms along with Glenda at Tootsie Time for fertilizer Friday. Once again I am delighted with the blooms of my favourite rose, a rugosa rose by the name of Hansa. It started blooming in May this year, a little earlier than usual, put on a big show, and will continue to bloom to some degree on into the fall. The fragrance never ceases to captivate me. The sucker I dug up two years ago from this plant had its very first bloom this year, and I am excited to see how it will balance out my original plant. I must admit I am a little OCD when it comes to achieving balance in my gardens, or anywhere for that matter, ha ha.


Hansa


Allium Unifolium

I tried to wrangle all these little bulbs together in one area, but alas I have given up and let them be.


Sanguineum 'Max Frie' Geranium

I started with just one of these plants years ago, but with a bit of division and some self-seeding, I now have quite a few. They bloom from May until frost with deadheading.


Aquilegia alpina Columbine

I find columbines difficult to photograph as their heads are always facing down.

Iris 'Blue Ribbon'


A closer look


Argyranthemum Madeira Deep Pink Marguerite Daisy

These are growing in my little green wagon, and once they fill out, I will take another picture with the wagon and all.


Redvein Enkianthus

These are the flowers on a very slow growing shrub I have in the front bed.


Sambucus nigra 'Eva' Elderberry

Please try to ignore the ugly fence and shed in this picture :) This elderberry was such a pathetic looking little thing when I bought it in 2009, but now it needs some serious pruning. I am ever hopeful it will attract American Robins when the berries ripen.


Plum

This is my first attempt to espalier a fruit tree, never mind that it's an annoying sucker that keeps coming up right underneath the fence from our neighbour's harshly pruned plum tree.

So what is blooming in your garden this June?

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Autumn Color

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" by Albert Camus is one of my favorite fall quotes, and so very true in the case of many trees, shrubs, and even perennials. I grabbed my little camera and walked around my yard snapping photos of fall color. I even found a few flowers still blooming, including hydrangea flowers long past their prime but still looking lovely. Had a hard time choosing between photos, so there are many. What is your favorite plant for fall color?