The plethora of tulips planted in the front garden last autumn are about three-quarters into their season. Pieter de Leur, a lily-flowered variety, present their glossy, huge, crimson blooms in front of still-in-bud, late-season, Sky High Scarlet cottage tulips.
This single Pieter de Leur looks as if it's floating in green ether.
Nearby, Apricot Parrot tulips dazzle with their flamboyant form and colour.
Some Pieter de Leur and Apricot Parrot along with pink Miss Elegance and Daydream (starts out yellow then blends into apricot) wind up in a flower brick.
Viridiflora tulip, China Town may be demure, but also unforgettable, with its shell pink streaked with vibrant green.
The entrance path separates the plum tree, abelia, and tulips from some purple bearded irises.
Varigated Lamium galeobdolon loves the shade, self propagates readily, and its foliage and yellow flowers look wonderful against grey rocks.
Dirac the Cat opened an eye to let me know that he is safely tucked within the candytuft away from rambunctious Eli the kitten. I warned him not to let down his guard so soon . . .
. . . as he has left a telltail.
In the back garden, the potager is being prepared for some more sowing. Potatoes and peas are in, and soon carrots, kale, and beets will take their turn. Tomato seedlings are sitting pretty in their mini-greenhouse. Rhubarb has had its first harvest and the asparagus bed is sprouting about a kilogram of spears weekly.
À la prochaine!
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| Surrounding lavender bushes are putting out new green growth |
This single Pieter de Leur looks as if it's floating in green ether.
Nearby, Apricot Parrot tulips dazzle with their flamboyant form and colour.
Some Pieter de Leur and Apricot Parrot along with pink Miss Elegance and Daydream (starts out yellow then blends into apricot) wind up in a flower brick.
Viridiflora tulip, China Town may be demure, but also unforgettable, with its shell pink streaked with vibrant green.
The entrance path separates the plum tree, abelia, and tulips from some purple bearded irises.
Varigated Lamium galeobdolon loves the shade, self propagates readily, and its foliage and yellow flowers look wonderful against grey rocks.
Dirac the Cat opened an eye to let me know that he is safely tucked within the candytuft away from rambunctious Eli the kitten. I warned him not to let down his guard so soon . . .
. . . as he has left a telltail.
In the back garden, the potager is being prepared for some more sowing. Potatoes and peas are in, and soon carrots, kale, and beets will take their turn. Tomato seedlings are sitting pretty in their mini-greenhouse. Rhubarb has had its first harvest and the asparagus bed is sprouting about a kilogram of spears weekly.
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| That's the wild area of mostly brambles in background for hedgehogs, lizards, birds, and insects |
À la prochaine!
