Gardening and Gardens

With the month almost at the close and the busyness of life at its peak right now (or so it seems), I thought I'd post some photos of my garden in November. I took these right before the big freeze set in which either forced all the leaves to drop or turned them into a crisp. Still the beauty of autumn was here until the end...  They don't call it Burning Bush for nothing! This Euonymus alatus literally looks like it's on fire. When most of the garden flowers are heading off to sleep, these Anenome 'Prince Henry' are in full bloom. All the hostas are now turning a brilliant shade of yellow, which adds such a flair of awesomeness to the garden. What would a fall garden be without mums? I love how these are flopped over the boulders, down the slope here.  Silly daffodils, it's not spring yet! Go back to bed. The Japanese Maple's deep reddish hue in autumn looks so pretty against the weeping spruce.  The foliage and the drying...

May is bursting with spring flowers, trees are a bright yellow-green and the grass is looking fuller each day. After such a long winter, it's wonderful to see everything coming into bloom. In addition, a few things I planted later in the year last year are finally pushing forth fuller growth now. Here's what's blooming around my Long Island garden this month.   Beautiful columbines in full bloom. I love the pink outside and the white flower inside.  Variegated red-twig dogwood looks stunning in front of the blooming viburnum in the background. Heuchera 'Miracle' is one of the beautifully leaved coral bells. The new growth is really coming out now and its dainty little flowers shouldn't be far behind. In the shade garden, the Kwansan cherry tree flowers are falling to the ground, creating a pink carpet. But through that, Phlox 'Home Fires', bleeding hearts, ferns, astillbe and anemone are living quite happily.  Here is a close up of ...