A Rose in the Garden

Camassia (Quamash) beginning to bloom today in my yard

Dwarf Korean Lilac about to bloom in April Today I checked on the dwarf lilacs at church. Although lilacs have been blooming for weeks,...

A few of the April in-and-out plants Everything in the garden is early this year, jump-started into growth by that mad March heat wave...

Opening up for Easter this year was this old saved-in-the-pot bulb which is popular at Christmas time. I never know when my indoor plants...

I can't believe it is still March! Spring has sprung way too early this year! I was gone for a week and totally missed some blooms. The ...

Tete-a-Tete daffodils These petite daffodils with bright nodding heads are in full bloom today in the church garden. Other daffodils are...

Last October we pulled out the several dozen geraniums at the church garden while they were still in full bloom. I tossed as many as I co...

Summer - 2011 Not wanting to chance an early frost, last October George and I brought in the seven blooming mandevilla vines, in their ...

I have had this cyclamen for a few years. It overwinters in the basement, often losing all  its leaves and has not had good blooms. This ye...

Today we had our first accumulation of snow--about an inch. Winter has finally arrived. But inside my plants are blooming profusely, includi...

Something we don't see here up north (in West Michigan) is the sweet potato vine in bloom. This photo was taken in Florida at my daughte...

Not a maple, but so bright and beautiful! And the streets were paved with gold Red leaves on a green juniper carpet My backyard...

These birch trees at my neighborhood park, having shed their yellow leaf glory, are left bare, exposing all their beautiful peeling bark. ...

Today we pulled out all the flowers from the church garden. Over three yards (compacted) of live plant material were removed for composting...

I took these photos at our student rental house today. One does not need to go on a color tour to New Hampshire to find gorgeous fa...

If there is one symbol of flowering fall in the northern zones, it is the "MUM." The many cultivars of chrysanthemums...