Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for July 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, mid-summer is bringing more clematis blooms, including these little flowers on Clematis x triternata 'Rubromarginata'. I think it's one of my favorites! It's going to have some competition soon from another clematis, Clematis heracleifolia 'Mrs. Robert Brydon'. Both of these clematis are what I call scampering vines. I've provided a support structure, of sorts, for both … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2021
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – June 2021
Greetings on a lovely Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day in June! If you don’t love a garden in June, will you ever love it? Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I'm pleased to have enjoyed a beautiful spring, so far. We've gotten just enough rain, and until a few days ago, the temperatures have been mostly mild. I realize it hasn't been that way for many others. I count my blessings and my flowers! That includes the two lavenders pictured above. I wish I … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – June 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2021
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, if you stand still for a minute you will probably hear the collective exhaling of the breaths of all of us gardeners as we look at the long-range forecast and think that maybe, possible, hopefully, almost assuredly, we are now going to be frost-free until Fall arrives. Whew! But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves! Though the nights have been chilly and flirting with … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2021
Welcome to Garden Blogger's Bloom Day for April 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we'll begin with my obsession of spring -- the violas, pansies, and violets. This particular pansy is a 'Frizzle Sizzle' which is my new favorite variety. I love the ruffles, the distinctive markings, the faces! And yes, I am one of "those gardeners" who lets the wild violets go wild in her garden. Is that all the Viola sp.? No, that's not all! At the local … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the first daffodils are blooming. This particular one is 'Tete de Tete', a reliable, early blooming miniature daffodil. It isn't much more than four inches tall, if that. But before there were daffodils, there were little irises. This one is Iris histrioides 'Lady Beatrix Stanley', sometimes referred to as Iris reticulata. I have a lot of unnamed varieties of … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2021
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2021. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, it is currently 7ºF, which is -14ºC. There is some snow on the ground, but it is a patchy bit of snow covered with a thin coating of a light snow that fell overnight. "Fell" isn't probably the best way to describe how that particular bit of snow landed on the ground. "Floated down" might be better. Beginning Sunday evening (Feb. 14th), more snow should fall so that by Tuesday … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2021
