garden bloggers bloom day

Hello, and welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2021. If you've been following along with this meme since the beginning, you've just completed 14 years of posts. That's right, the first bloom day post I published was Feb. 15, 2007. Congratulations if you've been posting since the beginning. And thank you for joining in whether it was with one post, or 168 posts. To wrap up this 14th season of bloom day posts, I went outside where I found lots of flower buds on the … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2021

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2020. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I went out to the garden expecting to find flower buds on the hellebores, and I was not disappointed. Indeed there are flower buds on several of the Helleborus niger, the Christmas Rose. Weather permitting and cooperating, I think they will actually be in bloom on Christmas Day. What I did not expect to find was a snowdrop, Galanthus sp., in bloom. Yes, I am aware of … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – December 2020

 Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2020.Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we've enjoyed some warm November days and some cold November days. Today is one of the cold days.But not so cold that I couldn't run out for a few minutes and take a couple of pictures.First up are these little button mums which are still sort of blooming and definitely showing color. Is it the variety, the location, or my gardening skills that are causing them to sort of … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – November 2020

 Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2020.Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are still in the midst of a late-season dry spell that is in its eighth week.Ever the optimist, I think that surely it is going to rain soon. And we have gotten rain twice, but only one-tenth of an inch each time.  So because I think it is going to rain soon, I don't spend much time watering, and the garden is a testament to that.But all is not completely lost in the … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – October 2020

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2020.Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana we stopped getting rain around mid-August and the garden is dry as dust.  And that is making it look a little (a lot) rough around the edges.Still, I found some blooms and plenty of them. Plus I am pleased to have spotted lots of bees and butterflies too. They are going quickly from bloom to flower to flower to bloom getting all the nectar they can before our first frost … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2020

 Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for August 2020.Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I wasn't quite sure where to begin! I have a lot more flowers than I thought. So, let's just start looking, shall we?First off, I have Allium 'Millenium' blooming all over because I planted it along the edges of several borders. It is a bee and pollinator magnet.  Don't believe me? Check out the video I've added at the end of this post.And yes, I shot those videos … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2020