I am offering a rather long, mostly silent, walkabout but one that promises a flora and fauna feast for the senses. Plenty of textures to tickle the imagination along with delicious fragrances and bright refractions within butterfly wings. Walking though the gardens here at Flower Hill Farm in mid to late June can be intoxicating and enchanting. While strolling and scrolling down, be sure to imagine a gentle breeze blowing through leaves and fronds . . . the greenery in continual movement . . … [Read more...] about A Play of Light and Whites in A Late June Garden Walkabout
Bygone Lilac Time of May 2013
There are only about a dozen French lilac bushes here . . . some being quite large and of various cultivars. We also grow several Syringa vulgaris or common lilac shrubs, (which most other cultivars came from originally), as well as, the more delicate Persian lilacs and a few Korean lilacs. There are three late blooming 'Miss Canada' or Preston lilacs Syringa x prestoniae in bloom just outside from where I am writing now . . . luring many Eastern Tiger Swallowtails with their … [Read more...] about Bygone Lilac Time of May 2013
Bygone Lilac Time of May 2013
There are only about a dozen French lilac bushes here . . . some being quite large and of various cultivars. We also grow several Syringa vulgaris or common lilac shrubs, (which most other cultivars came from originally), as well as, the more delicate Persian lilacs and a few Korean lilacs. There are three late blooming 'Miss Canada' or Preston lilacs Syringa x prestoniae in bloom just outside from where I am writing now . . . luring many Eastern Tiger Swallowtails with their profuse pink … [Read more...] about Bygone Lilac Time of May 2013
‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
We are now in the last week of May, as I step back into the second week of May redressing our 'Three Graces' Crabapples and early Viburnum carlesii with fresh blooms. The limbs of the 'Three Graces' (to the left) hold three different varieties of blossoms. Stepping away from the 'Three Graces' the distant cloud of sweet-scented crabapple blooms from the Crabapple Orchard offer quite a show. The 'Three Graces' Crabapples looking towards the east. Looking out from the barn studio facing … [Read more...] about ‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
We are now in the last week of May, as I step back into the second week of May redressing our 'Three Graces' Crabapples and early Viburnum carlesii with fresh blooms. The limbs of the 'Three Graces' (to the left) hold three different varieties of blossoms.Stepping away from the 'Three Graces' the distant cloud of sweet-scented crabapple blooms from the Crabapple Orchard offer quite a show.The 'Three Graces' Crabapples looking towards the east. Looking out from the barn studio facing … [Read more...] about ‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
