Garden Blues

                   Hello everyone,

                     We had some April showers here yesterday,

                     to bring on those May flowers that we look

forward to each year.

                     A tour around the garden yesterday  revealed

                     some spring bulbs poking up in several beds.

                   But moving on with our garden blues theme~

                  Although lupins grow wild here on the Island

            I enjoy having some in the garden as well.

             

                 Not all of my garden blues are plants.

                       The old shed above adds color and interest

all year long.

                                  I love the tall stately spires of these deep

blue delphiniums.

            Each spring I divide my delphiniums and

      move them around the garden.

                                                     The blue forget me nots are so pretty
                                                      in the spring and are a nice filler in
                                                      the beds with spring bulbs.

                                                      I couldn't resist another lupin
                                                      shot with the evening light and
                                                      the peonies in the background.

                                                          I love this french blue color
                                                          in the garden as it gives a nice
                                                          pop of color.

 When I was looking through my

   photos for blues this one jumped

out at me.....sometimes all you

need is a pretty blue tablecloth

and some blue china amid the 

greenery.

Blue six hills giant nepeta in

the background can resemble

lavender from a distance.

I painted the old ladder the same

blue as the arbors above.

                                                         A pretty combo of blue lupins,
                                                         and Thor spirea and a Wine & Roses
                                                           Spirea.

                         I love clematis in the garden and

                          have several varieties. This one is

   Jackmanni superbra.

        Well, I could probably keep you

              here all day singing the garden blues,

             but the sun is shining and it is time to

                 get out in the garden and see what early

    spring clean up chores I can do.

     Thanks for visiting,

                 Carolyn

Mid July in the Garden

           Hello everyone,

      I hope you are enjoying your summer.

It has been hot and dry here lately so

I am hoping for a nice rain soon.

However, the garden is still doing

well for now.

                                                                  There are lots of roses in bloom.

                                                                       The virginia creeper is starting
                                                                        to cover the north end of our barn

                                                               I always look forward to the tall, stately blooms of
                                                                our delphiniums.

                                                                Delphiniums,peonies and nepeta

                                                                  I love the six hills giant nepeta along all
                                                                  along the inside edges of our Allee Garden.

We have several mockoranges blooming

now and they have a wonderful scent.

                                                                 Roses and delphiniums in our Chelsea Garden.

                                                                      Lavender and roses in my little
                                                                      memory garden for my Mom.

                                                        So just a few highlights of our garden
                                                                   in mid July. I hope you enjoyed the
                                                                    quick tour today. Our daylillies are
                                                                    starting their show now and we probably
                                                                    have about 200 of them spread around the
                                                                    garden and the phlox will follow shortly.

                                                                                         Thank you for stopping by!

                                                                                                                      Carolyn
                                                                      

In the Garden

Hello everyone,

 In spite of a dry spell the garden is still

doing well but rain would certainly be

welcome.

One of my top ten plants in our

garden is delphiniums.

We have the tall stately elatums

as well as the shorter Magic

Fountains.

                                                         

                                                                         Clematis on lamppost.

                   We are busy getting the garden all

                    tidied up to welcome  bus tour of 

                 gardeners from New Brunswick

tomorrow afternoon.

                     I hope you have a wonderful

                 weekend!

        Carolyn