Well spring has sprung and I seem to have forgotten to take you on a little walk through some of my flower gardens here on the acreage. The shots that I’m posting today are those that were taken back in March and April of this year. After a few more posts with a culinary focus, I’ll add photos of my vegetable and herb gardens and also more of the flowers that are currently in bloom right now in May. It’s been quite the colorful display this year due to all of the winter rain and the two snowfalls. Hope you enjoy this little walk behind my garden gate!
Above is a brilliant rose-pink clematis, ‘Nelly Moser’!
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.Here is the latest edition of iris in the front gardens which was purchased from a local nursery; the purple variety is from W.D.’s parents’ farm in Ohio from many, many years ago. We’ve planted them and pulled them out every time that we’ve moved and then replanted them in their memory.
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More shots of the blue and white iris patch! I couldn’t get enough of these little pretties!
And the deer don’t touch them at all!
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The bleeding hearts along the northern exposure of our house and under the River Birch trees have simply gone crazy in naturalizing! They started out as little 4-inch potted plants and now they are each about 4 feet wide! And with about 15 plants, that’s a LOT of bleeding hearts. Again, these are completely distasteful to deer.
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.This wisteria only shows off for about two short weeks, and when it is in bloom, it steals the show in the gardens! Yes, I know that it takes over anything that it can climb, but I don’t have formal gardens and I like it this way..
Below is one of our latest spring flowering beauties: Vibernum “Chinese Snowball” . . . we planted about seven of these hardy flowering plants that are very deer resistant. Most of our garden is deer resistant due to the herds of deer out here in the countryside. These produce HUGE hydrangea-sized balls of flowers (and hydrangeas are not deer resistant). They take full sun and grow quite tall.
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Just gorgeous!! Wish I had all that. My flower gardens have been slow coming and never seem to take off. Too many oak trees stealing the water and sunshine I guess.
Roz your flowers are stunning! So vibrant and beautiful! The white snowballs were my grandmas favorite.
Gorgeous! I love that you continue to replant those irises in their memory- that is so sweet.
ANd those geraniums are such a beautiful color. Thanks for sharing all of these with us!
breathtaking, roz! I wish my flowers would bud, living in northern wisconsin, we are a “little” behind! anne
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Everything is absolutely gorgeous! Looks like you have green thumb too. I loved the bleeding hearts, the wisteria and all the irises. Thanks for sharing the beauty of your garden.
Wow, look at your garden. Perhaps in a few years I’ll have flowers this time of year! So beautiful.
The wisteria in your garden knocks my socks off, it is just so lush and beautiful.
Oh, Roz! If only I could smell your garden scents. Wow! What a cascade of colors. We love it when our wisteria blooms, short-lived as it is. Where’s the picture of your horsey?
Hugs!
Your photos are simply gorgeous! Thank you for sharing them with us. I just love this time of year!
I did redo my blog – just today. Some of it is still a work in progress, but I’m snagging your button again just to be sure it didn’t get lost in the move.
I’m feeling more like a “Cottage” than a “Cafe” lately, so I tweeked it a bit.
Best Wishes,
Susan
So beautiful. The iris and wisteria are my favorites.
I loved walking through your garden!! Beautiful, thanks for sharing!!
I love these flower photos, here in Italy, the wisteria has finished and my snowball tree has been battered by excessive rain! The blue irises are nearly over but the white are flowering well. I also feature flowers from my garden on my blog.
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Absolutely beautiful!
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Hi! I had to click on you from NFF because I am part Italian, and who can resist a blog title like that? 🙂 You are quite the gardener – have a great weekend!
Stopping over from Friday Friends!! Beautiful blog you have here! I really want to check out your recipes!!! Making me hungry!!! The flowers are just lovely! I am a new follower! Have a great day!
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Wow! Your pictures are beautiful!
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Wow, stunningly beautiful! Thank you for that. Here in Texas all of those have bloomed and left. It was wonderful to see them again.
You have all of my favorite flowers in your garden! Gorgeous!
oh my! if my wife look this pictures, for sure send to me to buy all the seed need to create a garden like this, she love flowers, anyway I gonna take into account to make her a good gift some day.
The Clematis pic . . . could it be Jersey Cream. I have recently stumbled on it…and the only place you can purchase it is in Australia. You may have a very rare plant. ip