Showing posts with label yellow tulip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yellow tulip. Show all posts

Sunday, May 4, 2014

It's May - Spring is in High Gear!

We may have long winters here in New England and Spring often seems to take forever to get here. But by the beginning of May, there is no mistaking that it is here and ready to go! You can almost watch the plants growing, they mature so quickly!

Here's what is blooming now in the Hortus Conclusus:

Johnny Jump Ups and Violets nestled among Yarrow




Field Notes:

Birds
The house wrens arrived yesterday.
The catbirds arrived today.
Great Egret at the pond.
Lepidoptera
Eastern Tailed Blue  and American Painted Lady (neither positively identified)
Pollinators
Carpenter Bees
at least one other type of bee (unidentified)
Wildflowers in Bloom
Viola species, Pussy toes (Antennaria plantaginea), Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) and Chickweed (Stellaria media).


Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Monthly Garden Photos - May

 The house has windows with fixed screens so we take them out in autumn to allow more sunlight to stream in during the winter months. The first few months of these monthly shots were taken from an upstairs window before the screen was put in for the spring/summer. This month I have had to shift positions a bit but you should still be able to see the comparisons.

Hortus Conclusus and the Family Pond 
View from Kitchen Window - no screen




outside Hortus Conclusus facing South
Tulips, lettuces, cilantro and broccoli growing to

Outside Wisteria Studios, My Papermaking Workshop
 Some progress. Moved the bench outside. All of the herbs and Creeping Jenny survived. Not sure if you can see them all growing yet. The Wisteria is beginning to leaf out.
Morning Glory seeds were sown in the pots and will cover the wall as the season progresses. Geraniums, petunias and other colorful annuals will be purchased and planted this week.


Birdbath in the Perennial Border

The Privet hedge has leafed out. The perennials are getting larger.

View of Perennial Border with Wisteria Studios and my husband's workshop in the background



Sunday, April 28, 2013

Yellows in the Garden



Tulips
Dandelion

 Woad flower bud

 Wild Mustard

 Alpine Strawberry flower

 Daffodil




Lamiastrum flowers                                                                                                                            Garlic stem