Blogs about: Perovskia

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Fresh flowers

pamkelso wrote 1 month ago: What a great flower book. I have little stuff blooming now and this really, really made me wish that … more →

Tags: Photography, Inspiration, Business, Nature Photography, Pam Kelso nature photography, Flowers, cut flowers, Lavender, sweet alyssum

GBBD – Roses Again23 comments

Christina wrote 7 months ago: It hardly seems possible that we have reached the middle of the month of October already!  Again it … more →

Tags: Garden Bloggers Bloomday, plants, Month-by-Month, #bloomday, Roses, GBBD

An Unusual October Bloom: Erb-Approved

jeffreyerb wrote 7 months ago: On a quick trip out to the nursery last week I came across a gorgeous plant with spiky pink flowers … more →

Tags: Erb Approved Plants, Annual Plantings, celosia amazon, celosia cramers, celosia cramers amazon, celosia magenta, cramers amazon, Erb approved plants, erb plantings

Arranging Autumn Indoors25 comments

patinaandcompany wrote 7 months ago: Everyone who reads my blog knows I love autumn.  However, it is one of those seasons like late winte … more →

Tags: decor and design, living, Arranging Flowers, autumn, autumn cabbage, Bouquet, bringing nature in, burning bush, country living

End of Month View – There is Colour Again19 comments

Christina wrote 7 months ago: Incredibly it is the end of September already.  Where do the months go?  It’s the time to join Helen … more →

Tags: End of Month Review, plants, Month-by-Month, Rosa mutabilis, Asters, datura, Caryopteris ‘Heavenly Blue’, Salvia Indigo Spires, Tubaglia

The Formal Garden19 comments

Christina wrote 7 months ago: This year the Perovskia in the formal beds at the front of the house did not do well.  I mulched the … more →

Tags: plants, Month-by-Month, formal beds, Lavender, The Formal Garden, blue haze, Miscanthus 'Morning Light', mulberry tree

A Butterfly Day20 comments

Christina wrote 7 months ago: Monday was a lovely day in the garden, the sky had scudding clouds and it was windy, for some reason … more →

Tags: butterflies, Bees and other insects, Swallowtail Butterfly, Silver-studded Blue, short tailed blue, Long-tailed Blue, swallowtail caterpillar, Chrysalis, stick insect

Perovskia: pruning

greconn wrote 7 months ago: Perovskia, also known as Russian sage, is a decidious sub-shrub grown for its foliage and flowers. P … more →

Tags: Shrubs, Garden Journal, pruning, decidious, Shrub, russian sage

The new long border is underway

gardenoflettuce wrote 8 months ago: The picket fence in this picture is the picket fence behind the daffodils at the top of this blog. T … more →

Tags: long border, cephalaria gigantea, Gertrude Jeckyll, Great Dixter, Penstemon, Lavender, rose Rambling Rector, geranium Johnson's Blue, Border

GBBD - August - Will it ever rain?40 comments

Christina wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday the sky was overcast in the way I remember August days in England; the air felt thundery, … more →

Tags: Garden Bloggers Bloomday, Weather, Month-by-Month, Rosa mutabilis, GBBD, Assumption of the Madonna, Hibiscus syriacus, Westringier

June 2012 Week 22 comments

Adrian Kuys wrote 11 months ago: First Frosts We are now definitely into our winter season. Morning temperatures have been very cold … more →

Tags: avocado, Avocado Bed, Bulbs, Herbs, Lambley, Passionfruit, Peninsula, perennial flowers, quince

Alliums in the formal beds26 comments

Christina wrote 11 months ago: I planted 1000 allium aflatunense ‘Purple Sensation’ in the front two formal beds in autumn 2008. 26 … more →

Tags: plants, Month-by-Month, formal beds, formal garden

2012.02.29 End of Month View - Pruning and new life17 comments

Christina wrote 1 year ago: At the end of last month nothing was happening in the garden or with me.  In fact I was feeling down … more →

Tags: End of Month Review, gaura, Roses, pruning, formal garden, Lonicera fragrantissima, Iris unguicularis

End of Month View June 24 comments

Christina wrote 1 year ago: I had thought in the end of May View, that the slope wouldn’t change very much so I would have to ch … more →

Tags: End of Month Review, slope, verbascum, onion harvest, fennel flowers

The bleached garden begins23 comments

Christina wrote 1 year ago: Now is the time year that the colour in the garden fades and bleaches with the bright sun.  The best … more →

Tags: Weather, plants, alliums, Lavender, verbascum, Pennisetum

Mid-June Garden

pbmgarden wrote 1 year ago: Gladiolus, Liatris Spicata and Echinacea The garden is holding up well this week despite a lack of r … more →

Tags: Garden, Echinacea, Deer, Tradescantia, shasta daisy, Rudbeckia Hirta, Yarrow, Sweet Pea, Lantana

June Gardening Checklist

GardenWise wrote 1 year ago: Hurry, Summer is Coming!   It has been cold, warm, and wet this spring, which will be great for the … more →

Tags: gardening tips, J. Mark White, Gardenwise, Mark White, Grass, Planters, Echinacea, marigolds, thyme

not exactly chelsea8 comments

Charlotte's Plot wrote 1 year ago: Although all the celebrity chit-chat drives me mad, I follow the coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show … more →

Tags: Garden Plans, Plants, plant partners, Children, Flowers, Roses, Alys Fowler, Garden, gardening

It's baaaack!

grayslady wrote 2 years ago: Every spring, I wait in suppressed panic to see whether my plants made it through the winter, and to … more →

Tags: basics, garden design, Asters, Berberis, Ligularia, hypericum, nepeta, growing degree days, Daylilies


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