My Late Summer Garden

Caladium

Coneflowers

Acorn Squash

Fuchsia & Euphorbia 'Jack Frost'

Festive Mums

Jack-Be-Little Pumpkin

Phlox

Spring comes to Florida

Here's a little Florida Sunshine for everyone stuck in another snow storm.  Spring is coming to Florida.  You can see new growth on some plants, and flowering trees are starting to bloom.  These photos were taken at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach last week.



Yellow Tabebuia



Also called the trumpet tree -  bursts into bloom.

It blooms before it leafs out.



Peach Tree - you don't usually see these in Florida





BeautyBerry  (Callicarpa americana) - a Florida native with the most beautiful berries.



Celebrating Oshogatsu at Morikami

I went to Morikami to celebrate the New Year.



Heard a delightful concert by the Friends of Koto



We watched rice pounding and making mochi rice cakes

We got to try mochi.  I liked it - especially the red bean paste stuffing.

I loved the taiko drumming.

The kids had a great time too.

Visit to Tropical Garden in Flamingo Park, W. Palm Beach, FL

Buddah in the garden

African Land Tortoises

Tropical Plants have so much texture

A Seat by the Pool

The Front Garden




Coconut Towers

 


Crinum Lily Flower



Asters - The Last Fall Flowers

The last flowers to bloom in my garden in the fall are asters.  I put yellow chrysanthemums nearby. 

Waterville Maine Community Garden Club Beautifies Oakland



We took on a new project this fall - The planters in Oakland, Maine.  We decorated them with mums, ornamental grasses, and kale for the fall season



Jackie wheels the mulch donated by Blake's Hardware down Main Street


 





Here comes Shirley with a barrel full of mulch




What is Shirley doing in that barrel?



Nothing like some mums to brighten up the town





The original horse trough from 1900

Laura Pierce, owner of Pierce's Nursery in Oakland, Maine donated all the flowers





Pierce's Nursery in Oakland - what a great place to shop!



My Late August Maine Garden

Balancing Owls in front of phlox, coneflowers, and bee balm. 

I was so excited to pick my first pumpkins. 

I like to grow sugar pumpkins because they are also good to cook with.

Morning Glories climb the trellis entering the vegetable garden.

I planted them once and they self-seed, coming back each year.

I love the sound of the bamboo wind chimes.

Late summer border of pink and white coneflowers, purple lobelia, and phlox in bloom.

 
Everything looks good in front of the grey boulders.
 

 
This petunia is the centerpiece of the garden.  It is surrounded by silver artemesia and phlox.

Container with lime green licorice (helichrysum), matches the green on the edges of the leaves of the coleus.
In the center is purple fountain grass.

Lots of butterflies flutter through the garden. 

Camden, Maine House & Garden Tour

Every summer the Camden Garden Club holds a House & Garden Tour

The daylilies, hosta, and astilbe were all in bloom

Daisies look beautiful by the blue lacecap hydrangea and grey rocks

I always enjoy seeing how people dress

And the hats they wear

Beautiful Camden Harbor - always a fun place to visit

Mid July in my Maine Garden

My garden looks its best in July.  I put a purple supertunia on a pedestal right in the middle of the garden.

Daylilies, Daisies, and wild Black-Eyed Susans brighten the path.

I love this beatiful annual rudbekia. I guess I'm partial to 'Susan's',

The hummingbirds love this red bee balm, and buzz through the garden every few minutes. 

The orange daylilies are all abloom.