Peonies dazzle, they charm and delight and captivate everyone's attention with their seductive blooms. I ponder sometimes if maybe because Paeonia is the only genus in the Paeoniaceae family, nature decided that therefore no-one should outshine her beauty. for pecies come from Western-North America. They share their beauty between about 30 distinguished herbaceous species and…
Flowers
Delphinium
The stately stalks of Delphinium, so often seen at the back of a perennial border, represent a genus of roughly 300 species, presiding in the Ranunculaceae family. She is native throughout the northern hemisphere but a scattering come from the mountaintops of tropical Africa. This unbranched flower spikes carry intensely colored florets, each with a…
February 2025
It's winter and most of the garden is dormant however Japanese Andromeda's flowers don't mind the cold and Daphne's fragrant little blossoms sure help us get through the end of winter. Hellebores will bloom later this month.
September 2023
October Blooms 2021
Here are the late bloomers in my October garden. They will for the most part hang in there until the first frost hits the ground and it is time to put this garden to sleep. As you can see there are still a few late bloomers to enjoy in the October garden, Dahlias, Monkshood, Cosmos,…
July 2020
Narcissus, Daffodils, Jonquil, Happy sights of Spring Delight.
Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” –A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young Few other sights shout "SPRING's COMING!" better than Daffodowndilly does with…
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Ranunculus
'I AM DAZZLED BY YOUR CHARM' Fields, meadows and grassy places, bristling with golden Buttercups, can be found throughout the northern temperate regions of the world. Look for these lustrous and delicate looking beauties near creeks, ditches, lakes or other damp places. Ranunculus is a genus of about 600 species including the Buttercups, Spearworts and…
Sweet William
Sweet Williams (Dianthus barbatus) member of the Caryophyllaceae family is as popular as cut flower as a garden plant. Usually grown as a bi-annual it will grow foliage the first year and then blooms the second year. Sometimes it’s a short lived perennial but when given a chance, it will reseed itself generously and behave…
Snapdragon struggles.
During the second half of Spring, when my daily garden walk leads me eagerly to the row of Snapdragons, I keep my fingers tightly crossed in the hope to find strong healthy shoots that will have ample strength to keep upright those beautiful inflorescence which hopefully will soon appear. Snapdragon's raceme-inflorescence are composed of many…