Springing Up

I just got back from the Toronto Botanical Garden annual plant sale. Wow--the selection is amazing. Tons of unusual specimens. It's way too easy to go broke at a sale like that (anyone in the area who feels like going has until the weekend). Hopefully my purchases (eight plants and some hen manure for my tomatoes) will help with my ongoing efforts to improve my garden (and gardening skills).

There's more work to be done in the garden at this time of year than I can really keep up with but I am trying. I'm putting particular effort into improving the overall design and making plans. No more randomly buying plants that catch my eye and then squeezing them into whatever space I find (okay, maybe there's still a little of that).

Anyway, as I make plans and work away I'm also making sure to take time to snap some photos of the beauty that's already sprouting up...

What's spring without dandelions? These resilient weeds have tons of culinary and medicinal uses (including Syrup), though, so it's not all bad,

Pretty daffodils

Forget-me-nots

Clematis vine in the foreground

Hostas are coming up

Periwinkle and Sweet Woodruff

Detail of an old wooden table that I'm going to have converted to a planter.

Aquilegia bud

Aquilegia again

Lilac, not quite blooming

Forsythia

Stone frog

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Spring Blooms

The crocuses are up in the front. I love spring bulbs. I only wish they lasted longer, and with rains (and snow) forecast for the week ahead I need to enjoy them while I can. And, of course, things are best enjoyed when they're shared :)

Photos by Whimsy Bower

Blaze of Glory

Summer has technically been over for a while but for me it's now officially over. I've picked all the veggies, brought tender plants inside, stopped hanging laundry out, and today I picked the last of the dahlias for a bouquet. I wish I could have left them outside where they brightened the yard but the temperature is supposed to drop tonight, and I didn't want to risk them being killed by the cold. There's nothing quite as sad as seeing shriveled, blackened flowers in the garden. Anyway, they looked so pretty in the vase I thought I'd share some photos! As always, click to enlarge.

























Photos by Whimsy Bower