The construction has finished and the new Bellevue Botanical Garden is now open. The plants have not changed but there is now a wonderful educational center, improved parking lot and entry. We visited this weekend. The perennial beds are in … Continue reading →
Less than a mile from Schreiner’s Iris Gardens is Adelman Peony Gardens. They have a wonderful small display garden. We visited on May 31st which is mid-season but some of the best blooms seemed to already be over. We did … Continue reading →
I have always had a soft spot for bearded iris. They were my mother’s favorites. “Flags” is what she called them. She would get so excited when we came across someone who was giving a bunch of rhizomes away. We … Continue reading →
Beet and carrots This has been a great year. It has been warm but not too hot. We got a lot of rain early in March and April and then somewhat regularly in May and June. The weeds are going … Continue reading →
There was a slight break in the rain and wind so I took a quick walk around the garden. It was gray and dark so I decided to use one of my old fixed-length lenses which was fun and different. … Continue reading →
We are in that holding waiting pattern – waiting for the first serious freeze. It can come any time from mid-October. One year just before Halloween, we had several hard freezes. The salvia bed in the picture above looked like … Continue reading →