Tree Peonies in the garden are a horticultural and cultural link to ancient China. Actually, early on these bodacious beauties were grown for medicinal purposes, but who could deny that they feed and heal the spirit as well. A small shrub that survives in my jungle of a garden, reaching up towards four feet, high above the horrid ocean of bishop's weed . . . that haunts me by day and even in my dreams.Here are a few portraits capturing some of the many moods of our elegant Tree Peonies . . . … [Read more...] about Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Tree Peonies in the garden are a horticultural and cultural link to ancient China. Actually, early on these bodacious beauties were grown for medicinal purposes, but who could deny that they feed and heal the spirit as well. A small shrub that survives in my jungle of a garden, reaching up towards four feet, high above the horrid ocean of bishop's weed . . . that haunts me by day and even in my dreams.Here are a few portraits capturing some of the many moods of our elegant Tree … [Read more...] about Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
Winter white robin absent pigments of color feathers like petals Time passing quickly winter mild and not so white dreams on milky clouds A rare bird sighting white gown among crabapples wistful pearly blooms Magnolia stellata fluttering snow-white petals sweeten spring evenings White pillow promise plump peonies bush and tree stippling a landscape Snowball hydrangea light before white birch tree trunks follow later on A white time just past April may … [Read more...] about Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
Winter white robinabsent pigments of colorfeathers like petalsTime passing quicklywinter mild and not so whitedreams on milky cloudsA rare bird sightingwhite gown among crabappleswistful pearly blooms Magnolia stellatafluttering snow-white petalssweeten spring eveningsWhite pillow promiseplump peonies bush and treestippling a landscapeSnowball hydrangea light before white birch tree trunksfollow later onA white time just pastApril may bring new carpetsmist reflecting lightPetals and … [Read more...] about Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
In and Out of Fog, Sun and Shrubberies
Inside Top Garden Looking Out - Wisteria, Late Lilac, Viburnum plicatum facade Outside Top Garden looking in - Viburnum plicatum Viburnum plicatum Viburnum floret suspended . . . unintended catch Tree Peony Female Baltimore Oriole and nest Tree Swallow in nestbox Hawthorns Crataegus Looking up towards Top Garden . . . Fading Lilac (brown now soon to be cut) Magnolia ever bloomer Miss Kim Lilac over towards 'Three Graces' Crabapples and … [Read more...] about In and Out of Fog, Sun and Shrubberies
