Looking back over the month of June, iris sepals unfurl and fall creating waves of hues from lavender to deep purple . . . filling the Middle Meadow garden with hundreds of blooms lasting nearly three full weeks as new buds continue to open. Eastern Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis add to the spectacle in complementary colors. On most days I count over twenty of these bright colored butterflies floating about the gardens and when they dip … [Read more...] about Swaths Of Purple Siberian Iris Within The Middle Meadow Garden Butterflies and Birds
Swaths Of Purple Siberian Iris Within The Middle Meadow Garden Butterflies and Birds
Looking back over the month of June, iris sepals unfurl and fall creating waves of hues from lavender to deep purple . . . filling the Middle Meadow garden with hundreds of blooms lasting nearly three full weeks as new buds continue to open.Eastern Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis add to the spectacle in complementary colors. On most days I count over twenty of these bright colored butterflies floating about the gardens and when they dip deep … [Read more...] about Swaths Of Purple Siberian Iris Within The Middle Meadow Garden Butterflies and Birds
Orange Unfurling Oriental Poppies and Baltimore Oriole
An ongoing cycle of life . . . contracting and expanding . . . continues to unfold in the gardens, fields and forest here at Flower Hill Farm. Flower buds swell . . . casting off their protective outer calyxes, just as nestlings grow . . . filling fledgling forms and seeing an exciting and dangerous world beyond the carefully woven nests of their parents. Precious and fleeting life . . . not so unlike these tiny droplets . . . clinging to what they are attached to. Outer casings give … [Read more...] about Orange Unfurling Oriental Poppies and Baltimore Oriole
Orange Unfurling Oriental Poppies and Baltimore Oriole
An ongoing cycle of life . . . contracting and expanding . . . continues to unfold in the gardens, fields and forest here at Flower Hill Farm. Flower buds swell . . . casting off their protective outer calyxes, just as nestlings grow . . . filling fledgling forms and seeing an exciting and dangerous world beyond the carefully woven nests of their parents.Precious and fleeting life . . . not so unlike these tiny droplets . . . clinging to what they are attached to.Outer casings give . . . … [Read more...] about Orange Unfurling Oriental Poppies and Baltimore Oriole
Herbaceous Peonies Throughout the Gardens
Herbaceous peonies are lusciously and clumsily spilling over in various parts of the gardens. First . . . a long row of peonies . . . the remnants of an old bed . . . running down towards the 'Middle Meadow Garden' . . . seem to hold a buttery glow within their plentiful and wholesome whorls. Below along the 'Terrace Path' leading up to the 'Upper Garden' . . . a lovely single peony survives beneath French lilacs . . . smiling . . . in hopes that as I pass by . . . I might … [Read more...] about Herbaceous Peonies Throughout the Gardens
