Getting More Beautiful Every Year We weren’t able to enjoy our tree peonies in the last two years as it was either too windy or too much rain which brought down the flowers as soon as they opened up. This year, though we had a lot of rain, there was a brief period without and it coincided with the tree peony blooming. Not just us … Continue reading Tree Peony-Nishiki
Spring Already? Tomorrow, December 22 will be the official first day of winter but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. Day time temperature will be over 50° F for the next few days and night time will not be much lower than that. In fact, in this area Christmas Eve is predicted to be 70° F during the day. The sad part of this unseasonably warm … Continue reading Fooled By Nature
Tree Peony-Nishiki I wish the rain would stop. It’s been raining on and off for a few days. I know it’s good for the garden, but not all plants love a lot of rain. We have waited for the Tree Peony “Nishiki” (Paeonia suffruticosa) to blossom, twelve flowers this year, but they’re too delicate to withstand a heavy rain and that takes the fun out … Continue reading Tree Peony
A Cold, Wet Day It was normal spring weather today, rainy and chilly as spring should be. After an unreasonably hot March, we finally have spring-like weather back. It’s been raining or drizzling on and off all day. I decided to roll the row cover back over the vegetable seedlings, though I knew they’d be able to deal with 40 degree temperatures. Howevert the cold … Continue reading Spring Weather, Finally
Petals and Wings 