Flower Power in Whites

Garden news in June

• Peonies
• Lavender
• Poppies
• climbing rose
  

Garden update in pictures
Location: Canada

Basking
I am basking in seed heaven Glory. Sounds just a tad dramatic, does it not? Oh well... : ) Teena and I went seed shopping today. Here is what I got:

• Zinnia ~Purple & Chartreuse (that is a light green) Mix

• Zinnia ~Pinwheel Mix (oranges, rose, salmons, cherry and white with bright yellow centers)
• Nasturtium ~Tangerine Dream
• Cosmos~Bright Lights (shades of yellow, gold and orange which butterflys love)
  
• White Lupine
  
• Cupid's Dart (blueish purple)

Now for Veggies:

• Summer Squash~golden zucchini
• Cucumber~straight eight

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• Jalapeno pepper
• Yellow pear~tomato
• Tiny Tim~tomato
• Roma~tomato

I bought a little window sill planter with peat pots in it. I planted a few things:

1. three varieties of tomatoes
   
2. peppers
3. Lupine Flowers
   
4. climbing vine Brown Eyed Susan Flowers
5. Snap Dragons
6. Cupid's Dart

Now...just to wait and watch ever so patiently for the seeds to sprout and grow!
*The picture is a Zinnia from our garden that we grew several years ago*

Hydrangias

I always seem to feel inspired to create in the Fall season. There is so many things on my list to "do", but this morning I actually achived a sucessful photo shoot. Here is 1 of my favorite shots. 

See more pictures here at our Art Site. 

Picnik

I have been having fun playing around with some free photo editing (free)at a site called picnik. I like this feature called: collage. ~The pretty Cosmos are from our garden. They are so easy to grow: you just buy the seeds and plant them directly in the soil when it warms up. This is the 1st Summer that I have grown the white ones and I quite like them.

Sun Flowers have started to bloom 

Shaun took some beautiful shots today of our sunflowers. See more pics here on our Art Blog. 

New Bloom

Before I had my morning coffee, I stepped out into the garden. What I saw took my breath away and I was stunned by this beauty of a poppy! I only wish that these photos did it justice, but truely it is so much more beautiful than I have been able to capture. A friend gave me a division of this plant last summer but it didn't "move" well and didn't bloom for us. We had to wait a year to see this beauty...talk about worth the wait!

Peonies and a happy boy

Our Garden on the 6th of June

White Peonie, Light pink Clemitis, Snow in summer, Fuchsia Peonie (Iris' in background), African Daisies, Danthis, Purple Clemitis.

Our Garden in late May!

OOoooooo and Ahhhhhh

...sunny day in May = planting seeds

I talk to my garden (don't you?) and tell these seeds to "Please oh pretty please, do sprout quickly!"

I planted about 30 zinnias-a very tiny variety for the front of the gardens (all different colours), light pink and white Cosmos (very tall) and last but not least white Zinnias for the back of the garden. Many of which I will cut to have huge boquets all over the house (i just have to wait until late July to do that...).

(I didn't take these pics...just found images on the Web...I will take some of my own in a few months. And that's a promise!! )

Lily Of the Valley

...just started to bloom. Miss matched salt and pepper shakers make beautiful little vases for small sprigs of life. These pictures were taken outside on our front railing with the Lilac bush behind, in full bloom.

African Daisy

I got to go flower shopping!!!!!! Here is one of my new Beauties. I also got white ones with a deep purple center. Hmmmm...

Blooms in my Garden this week...

Happy 63rd Birthday Mom!

Look what bloomed in our Garden today? I am sure it is in honor of my mom's Birthday. ;)

Other March Treasures...

New Martha Magazine


Here's a peek at my latest issue...

Amaryllis

Here is a better picture of my newest flower. The pictures always turn out better with the light coming in off the window...

Amaryllis update

It's BLOOMING!!!