Wordless Wednesday 6.17.2015

Lillium sp.

Joyous June

Iris germanica

The most anticipated month in the gardening calendar may well be June! Here are a few links to help you stay active and informed:

• Keep up with the demands of a rapidly evolving landscape with my top gardening tips for June.
• Learn some great design tips for low maintenance gardens from my friend Gen at North Coast Gardening.
• Now is the time to plant summer flowering bulbs.
• Pretty but deadly — keep your eyes open and your garden free of these pests.

Have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday 6.03.2015

Wordless Wednesday 4.01.2015

Tulipa spp. (and friend)

Wordless Wednesday 3.11,2015

Crocus!

Monday Mash-up 2.09.2015

snowdrops blooming in my garden today

News you can use from the world of gardening:

• Hot off the press, the Plant of the Year for 2015 is a wonderful addition to any high plains garden.
• Thinking about adding chickens to your household? This one day class on backyard chicken keeping may help you decide. And for inspiration, here's my review of the Wheat Ridge chicken tour.
• Before we know it we'll be spending a lot of time gardening (can't wait!). Here are three simple exercises to help keep injuries and pain at bay.
• Pruning trees and shrubs can be tackled in February, as well as a few other gardening activities.

Have a great week!

Wordless Wednesday 5.21.2014

Allium christophii

Wordless Wednesday 4.30.2014

Gardening Day

'Red Riding Hood' tulip

Get out in the garden today before the snow flies! Here are my suggestions for things to do in your own garden, or visit your local botanical garden, xeriscape display garden, or arboretum to see what's blooming now.

Wordless Wednesday 4.02.2014

flowering now — a favorite small bulb:  Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica

Wordless Wednesday 3.19.2014

crocus!

Signs of Spring

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this somewhat ratty garden looks beautiful to me! Spring green shoots are pushing their way up through the winter debris and into the sunshine. In a couple of months all of these little sprigs will look like this:

Allium christophii

Another sign of spring today:  The temperature this morning was a chilly 20°F, yet this afternoon I saw my first butterfly of the year.  Do you know the Mourning Cloak butterfly? They're very common in Colorado, and typically one of the first butterflies to come out of hibernation. There's a great write up about them here.

What signs of spring have you seen lately?

Wordless Wednesday 2.19.2014

snowdrop, Galanthus spp.

Wordless Wednesday 4.17.2013