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
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, 2009.Over the last … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
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
