Tag Archives: peony
A Photo a Week Challenge: Multiple Shapes
Nancy Merrill’s weekly challenge is to share photos involving multiple shapes. This photo of an heirloom peony is a good example of multiple shapes coming together to make a breathtakingly lovely flower. The peony was a gift from my Aunt … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: A Plate of Peony Petals
Today is Monday and time for In a Vase on Monday, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. For this week’s offering I thought I might try something a bit different. My peonies continue to be delightful this year but are … Continue reading
Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day: September 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day, sponsored by Christina at My Hesperides Garden. The arrival of fall is accompanied by a number of subtle changes in the garden. Peonies are beginning to go dormant and the edges of their foliage is browning. That … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Going and Coming
This week’s Vase is filled with some of the last peonies and a few of the earliest blooms on the ‘Anthony Waterer’ spirea. It is truly a time of transition in my garden, as I start to look for late spring/summer and … Continue reading
A Pick-Me-Up Day
For the past week we have been joining the rest of the country in unseasonably cold weather. Our garden had a welcomed one inch of rain, but it was sandwiched between two days on either side of the rain with freezing … Continue reading
GBFD 8/22/2014: A Foliage Border
Today is Garden Bloggers Foliage Day for August, and I am pleased to present an example of how foliage can be used to create an interesting and dynamic picture. This photograph shows a side of one of my four island beds. The … Continue reading
A Walk in the Garden 