A Garden Tour

Happy weekend!

      I hope you are enjoying a beautiful

weekend!

            I just came in from working in the garden

                   and even though it is lightly raining, I enjoyed

                   doing all the little chores that need to be done.

                    It is somehow very satisfying to me as I know

                 the tying up clematis, pruning and weeding

                will make a big difference to the beauty of

     the garden.

                                                            Above, you can see my earliest peonies from
                                                            my Dad's garden are in bloom now along with
                                                            the lupins. Lupins grow wild here on Prince
                                                             Edward Island and our ditches are full of them
                                                             but I still love to have some in the garden

They are very showy!

Alliums are blooming all around the 

garden as well as they self seed. I love

that they bloom in that little lull between

the spring bulbs and the early summer

perennials .

Our weeping flowering crab is past now

but last week it was beautiful.

The French Lilacs are still blooming

but some are already getting past.

Our Canadian Preston Lilacs are

getting ready to put on their show

    though along with the Korean Lilacs.

Love the Sensation Lilac.

We have lots of hostas spread around

the garden and they are looking lush

and full.

I love watching the birds going to and fro feeding

their young......this one has her nest in the yew tree

just outside our kitchen window so I can

watch them grow from the window.

We have about 140 peonies  spread out

around our garden in all the different

beds and most of them will be in full

bloom in a couple of weeks.

The tree peony is blooming now. I love

it's big papery blooms.

This was taken a week ago so you can see the

layout of the south beds. The Yellow Bird Magnolia

is blooming on the right at the back.

If it wasn't for the rain I would be out there

taking more photos as the garden has changed a lot

since these were taken.

There is some hot humid sunny weather coming

tomorrow so that will make the garden jump ahead

I have some early roses popping out now as well.

We decided to have a Open Garden on July 4th in 

the evening between 6 and 8 p.m. so if you

live close and would like to visit come along

and bring a friend!

I will mention it again as a reminder

though and the tour goes rain or shine.

We have already had hundreds of Japanese

visitors this spring ~ they come through

Prince Edward tours by bus. It is my

little business that supports my garden

   addiction and I enjoy their

enthusiasm!

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn