Fuchsias originate from South America
27.05.2024 - 10:17 / finegardening.com / GPOD Contributor
Happy Monday, GPODers!
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Here in Connecticut, the warm weather is really amping up and spring seems to already be making way for summer temperatures. While I would be happy to have some more cooler days before stifling New England humidity rolls through, plants seem to be thriving with the 80°F days and bright sunshine after weeks of clouds and rain.
The warm and sunny spring weather in Connecticut has also been a boon to Debbie and her husband, Gerald, who are enjoying a lush garden already full of beautiful blooms.
Hi! I’m Debbie from Orange, Connecticut. My husband, Gerald, and I enjoy the beauty of nature and the outdoors, so we spend a lot of time in our gardens. We have been gardening around our home for the past 10 years.
Our property measures 1.4 acres and is tw0-thirds wooded. Our plant hardiness zone is 6b. We like using natural stones and rocks from our woods to landscape around our home and gardens. These are photos of our early spring gardens.
The blue forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica, Zones 5–9)love to spread and are so beautiful in early spring when not too much else is blooming.
In our “circle garden” are a variety of shrubs and perennials. In this picture, a purple-flowering clematis has grown up the trellis, and the pink and yellow foxgloves are starting to bloom. The pink rhododendron and the white ‘Mount Airy’ fothergilla (Fothergilla major ‘Mount Airy’, Zones 5–9)next to it are in full bloom.
Returning daffodils, hyacinths, and lambs’ ears (Stachys byzantina and cvs., Zones 4–8) are all blooming underneath our walking stick tree. We also planted spring violas that grace us with their beauty well into summer.
This photo shows part of the wall we built around
Fuchsias originate from South America
Life, as I like to remind my sons, isn’t always fair. All things are not equal, no matter how much we’d like them to be and some are in fact far better than others, a truth brought home to all of us eventually. Hence the expression “garden-worthy”, that brilliantly concise description used to sum up a particular cultivar or variety’s outstanding qualities.
Hi GPODers! Today we’re getting an update from a frequent GPOD contributor, Alice Fleurkens in Ontario.
The gardens at Charleston
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Using leaf mulch in the garden is one of the best ways to build soil, reduce weeds, retain moisture, and insulate plants. Plus, you can turn mulched leaves into leaf mold which saves money on buying compost and other soil amendments. In this article I’ll show you three easy ways to make leaf mulch and how to put it to work in your garden. What is leaf mulch? Leaf mulch is a layer of leaves applied to the soil surface around plants. It’s made from fallen leaves, whic
It’s almost Bloom time, that weekend in the Irish gardening year when we collectively convince ourselves that the sun shines in Ireland all year round and that picnics on the lawn dressed in boater hats and gingham sundresses are a good idea.
Joe and Laura Carey
Happy Friday, GPODers!
Ants are known to provide refuge to insects such as aphids and whiteflies and can do much damage to the garden. Plus, ant colonies are massive and can keep you from using a portion of the lawn! So how do we fix that? By planting plants that are anti-ant and keep them away.