The foxgloves (digitalis) are beginning to flower and they are always a delight. For the most part, they are growing where we scattered their seeds from their blossoms last year. Being biennials, the plants began to grow last autumn. We will repeat the process this year. For many gardeners the month of June is considered … Continue reading The Garden in June
Tag Archives: Spring
Daffodils Continue to Enchant
The daffodils continue to enchant as do the snowdrops, crocuses and hyacinths. Joining them are some of the hellebores, bloodroot and Jeffersonia. Warm days have encouraged us to work in the garden and survey just how much damage was done by the record setting snow and ice. Sadly we now see damage from a different … Continue reading Daffodils Continue to Enchant
Forced Forsythia Branches
The mountains of snow are slowly disappearing, helped along by recent rains and warmer temperatures. It’s sad to see the damage done to so many of our shrubs by what has been called our “nightmare” and “unrelenting” winter. So many branches broken! In addition, several of our trellises are damaged. We’ll have lots of cleaning … Continue reading Forced Forsythia Branches
Daffodils Have Finished Blooming
The following are in bloom this week in our Zone 6 gardens: Bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis), Celandine poppies (Stylophorum diphyllum), carpet phlox (Phlox subulata), lilacs, some rhodies and azaleas, one of the dogwoods and the Purple Leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera), also known in our family as “The Laurie Tree.” The daffodils have finished blooming. Potted … Continue reading Daffodils Have Finished Blooming
Planting Seeds Soon
“The weather has finally caught up with the calendar,” as I read in the Boston Globe a couple of days ago. So true! This past weekend I even got to work in the garden without a coat. And, hubby took out the summer furniture from the cellar. There are so many emerging green shoots and … Continue reading Planting Seeds Soon