Although these are not abloom in my garden right now, this beautiful red flower is a Mimulus also known as a Monkey Flower because it is said to resemble the grinning face of a monkey. (Personally, I don’t see it). It gives bright colorful blooms that are great in hanging baskets and containers. These flowers are [...]
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas ~ Elizabeth Murray
~”Fiery colors begin their yearly conquest of the hills, propelled by the autumn winds. Fall is the artist. ” ~unknown VISIT WORDLESS WEDNESDAY TOO!
Things are looking a little ragged but still my garden is bloomin away. The Montauk Daisies are still really pretty and I have some zinnias that are holding fast. There are even a few roses and climatis blooms hanging on until the bitter end. My nasturtium are still large mounds of [...]
My garden is trying hard to keep the color alive after finally getting such badly needed rain. Flowers are blooming from plants I thought long gone so I am hesitant to clean up my garden just yet. I like to get every bit of life out of those plants before succumbing to the reality [...]
Nothing new in my garden this week, just the typical fall flowers, like sedum and mums, but there’s plenty of fall colors like the nasturtium and marigolds with their bright orange color. And speaking of color, we took a drive and the Leaves seem to have turned over night into the blazing oranges, reds and yellows of autumn. [...]
We are about at the end of the bloomin season here in upstate NY although I still have plenty of flowers still holding on. I am starting to clean up my gardens for winter, moving a few things around in anticipation of next spring. My morning glories and climatis are still looking beautiful as are the [...]
The sun has been shining the past couple of days and the flowers seem to be making their last hurrah, almost as if they know the end of summer is closing in. The cooler temperatures make them happy but they sure could use more rain. The bees seem very busy trying to get their [...]
Although it is spitting a bit of rain here and there today and the temperatures are only in the high fifties, the temperatures over the past few weeks have been sweltering and we have had very little rain. No amount of watering has seemed to quench my garden’s thirst. Not even the very recent cooler temperatures are [...]
Last week we had several rainy days that were really needed. The temperatures have been cooler and it was beginning to feel fall like way toooooo soon for me. It has finally stopped and they are predicting sunshine and warm weather for the next 6 days or so. Whew. I thought maybe summer had ended. [...]
