Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The Roses Are Blooming

 The Roses Are Blooming

I love this time of year when the roses have their first blooming. They fill the garden with color and a fantastic floral fragrance.

The Roses Are Blooming

The old garden rose has some company this year. I added two roses beside it and they have both done really well. 

Lady of Shallot Rose
This is the Lady of Shallot.

Lady of Shallot Rose

Lady of Shallot Rose
I was surprised how orange it is when first blooming, but it fades to a gorgeous apricot.

The Roses Are Blooming
The garden is littered with rose petals this week, and gorgeous weather makes it delightful.

Petunias
I tried bubblegum pink Supertunias this year in the raised beds in front of the one garden, and they are really filling out nicely. 

In Victory,
Sherry

Monday, May 19, 2025

Peach Rose Bouquet

 Peach Rose Bouquet

I have dreamed for many years of having roses to put in vases and never thought that it would happen for me. My one son and my husband have been adding to my rose collection this past year, and I do believe I might have roses for most of the summer. 

Peach Rose Bouquet
First to bloom have been the peach roses. Here we have the Life of the Party rose and Carding Mill. I grabbed a handful of blooms and added anything in bloom that matched. Here I have two Icelandic poppies, euphorbia, and lamb's ears. It reminds me of being a little girl again on the farm I grew up on and bringing home a fistful of flowers, of which I believe I did often. 

In Victory,
Sherry

Monday, May 12, 2025

When the White Lilacs Bloom

White Lilacs

When the white lilacs bloom, they look lavender. The scent is absolutely heavenly; you can smell it as soon as you exit the back door. 

When the White Lilacs Bloom

When the White Lilacs Bloom
Many flowers are in bloom now; one of my favorites is the pansies.

Pansy

Spring Flowers

When the White Lilacs Bloom
Then I walked through the garden and made a bouquet of all that was blooming at the same time as the lilacs. I believe, now I will be in blooms until frost. 

In Victory,
Sherry

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

White Spring Arrangement

 White Spring Arrangement
Here I put together a white spring arrangement in a wire basket found at a thrift store.

White Spring Arrangement
In this are hypoestes, dusty miller, and bocopa plants.

White Spring Arrangement
Also some all-white violas.

White Spring Arrangement

Spring flowers
With other plants, they look really pretty. Sometimes white is peaceful and works really well for a grouping.
Do you like white plants?

In Victory,
Sherry

Monday, May 5, 2025

Real Time

Spring Flowers

I am sharing a real-time look at the garden today. It has been raining for a week, and it is in the upper 40s. Some springs just don't spring as fast as others. Here is a look at some of the things I have been working on. 

Spring Flowers
These are some containers I have been putting together. 

Spring Flowers
I discovered euphorbia this year, and I really liked its lacy quality.

Spring Flowers
Some autumn colors I put together that will look amazing later in the year when this is all filled out. 

Spring Flowers
A thyme that overwintered in this pot got a new planting of pansies to go with it.

Spring Flowers
This will be my shade container of choice to later place on the front porch. 

Spring Flowers
A container of pansies I made several weeks ago that has exploded in blooms; they really like this weather.

Spring Flowers
I have yet to share this white arrangement. I made a post on putting it together. I will post that soon. It likes this weather also.

Spring Flowers
The tall dianthus that I discovered this year. I like them better than the cottage pinks because they work great in flower arrangements. Every year is different in the garden. This is the year I am really excited about, for I will be closer to achieving that cottage garden look.
How is your garden going? 

In Victory,
Sherry

Friday, May 2, 2025

May Flowers

May Flowers

Here it is May, and the flowers are all deciding to bloom at once. What a wild spring it has been here.

May Flowers

I found a new-to-me teapot at a thrift store that looks like a cottage. Does anyone else get excited about such things? Probably not.

May Flowers
Here is a page out of Edith Holden's 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady.' I never get tired of this book's illustrations. I wonder if she ever knew how popular it would be.

May Flowers

May Flowers
Has Dianthus always come in a long-stemmed version? Somehow I missed that. I only knew of the cottage pinks that were very short, but these are perfect for cutting and flower arranging. I had several of my cottage pinks die this winter, so I replaced them with these long-stemmed versions. 
Soon the peonies and the roses! It will be marvelous.

In Victory,
Sherry