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With so much coming into bloom now I might be crazy to try to identify June's quintessential color. (I might be crazy full stop.) There are some great colors to choose from: take anything in the Rose Garden for instance. ( - I had to include another ...

In New England we're allowed call it summer whenever the switch has been flicked from sweater weather to sweaty weather (starting this past Wednesday). As a Rhode Islander, I can call it summer on Memorial Day weekend because lifeguards go back on ...

Since my last post was about sweet smelling blooms, it seems only fitting that  that this one should be about a plant at the other end of the fragrance spectrum. Don't get me wrong - I love the smell of onions especially when they're being sauteed ...

It's always a little frustrating for me when Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens) falls on the weekend. So much more will be open tomorrow! But for the very nearly middle of May, there's plenty to see and much more on ...

Mid-December blooms shouldn't be easy to come by. I'm actually pleased to report that the kniphofias have finally fallen and as you can see the astrantia, sturdy old thing, is looking a little on the done side finally. But I can hardly believe that ...

As gaps go, this wasn't a bad one in my book. Just now I seem to prefer a garden in budded transition - I think it satisfies my need for a glass is half full optimistic outlook (which may be followed all too closely by the half empty pessimism as ...

After the tulips have gone by and before ... everything else starts up in the North Garden, we cross The May Gap. It's almost as if the garden is taking one last deep inhale before singing the high note of early summer - a note that sustains at ...

The weather has been so mild this past week that we couldn't help but be outside cleaning up - about two weeks ahead of last year.  And I know we're not alone - it seems like everybody has been out, raring to go as if we've all had a wicked case of ...

In the middle of a cold blast, chilly on the heels of a dark and snowy Solstice storm, I'm on the lookout for Joy ('Tis the season, Fa la la la la).  But, luckily, I don't have to look hard to find it.  No matter how stressful the holidays can be ...

I don't seem to have a lot to say at the end of this busy week (I think all of my word energy must have gone into writing lists - hey, maybe that's why I got out of the habit!) but as usual I have plenty to show.  Here are a couple of week's worth ...