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Summertime’s Sweet Carolina Lupine: Basking in Her Graceful, Golden Glow 25 Jun 2013 | 11:04 pm
Lovely North American Native, Carolina Lupine (Thermopsis caroliniana, aka Thermompsis villosa) with Goat’s Beard (Aruncus dioicus) Oh sweet, sweet Carolina… I love how your golden blossoms illumina...
Moonlight in the Garden . . . 23 Jun 2013 | 08:43 am
June’s Strawberry Moon Rises Above the Ninebark, in Full Bloom A Strawberry Super Moon and a June garden in full bloom… Could their be a more lovely way to celebrate the first weekend of summer? The...
Celebrating the Summer Solstice . . . 22 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
Welcome Wild Summer Beauty Welcome, beautiful, golden summer. We’re so glad that finally, you are here. In celebration, a few snapshots from last summer’s peak bloom in the garden (late June and early...
Hello, Handsome! Kolomikta Vine Shows off New, Pretty Boy Colors . . . 20 Jun 2013 | 06:12 pm
First Pink & White Variegation on the Actinidia kolomikta Vine Hello handsome! Running out the door this morning, I nearly tripped down the stairs, surprised by this gorgeous Kolomikta leaf. Several ...
Peonies and Whirlwind Days of Planting 20 Jun 2013 | 04:15 pm
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Kansas’ in a Pitcher by California Artist, Aletha Soule A whirlwind month of spring planting —slowed and backed up by days of torrential rain— continues to keep my schedule quite...
Into the Garden, Dreaming . . . 17 Jun 2013 | 05:24 am
Papa, Father’s Day Weekend, 2013
Raindrops in June . . . 17 Jun 2013 | 01:50 am
Rain on the Terrace Although I confess a certain fondness for fog and the beauty of springtime showers, even for this lover of damp days, it’s been a particularly rainy June. Oh yes, the garden is l...
Sweetly Fragrant Lady of the Evening: Delighting in Angel’s Trumpet Datura 15 Jun 2013 | 05:22 pm
She Flies by Night Upon Perfumed Clouds: Angel’s Trumpet Datura (Datura meteloides ’Evening Fragrance’) At nature’s golden hour —as the sun begins her daily, departing dance along my hilltop— evening...
Deep Blue and Clear as a Crater Lake: Austrian Speedwell’s Late Spring Allure 10 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium ’Crater Lake Blue’ Lapis lazuli blue; deep, bright, clear as a mountain lake. For many, the color blue evokes serenity… A feeling of quiet, calm contentment. From g...
Enkianthus campanulatas ‘Red Bells’ Rings with Rosy, Late Spring Blossoms & Glorious Beauty Beyond Bloom . . . 7 Jun 2013 | 09:27 pm
Enkianthus campanulatas ‘Red Bells’ with Baptisia australis, blooming in the background June is a fantastic month for flowers. Everywhere you look —from sunny meadows to shady nooks— something seems ...