Random Thoughts on a Monday in May
The tulips are still in full bloom, though I need to ditch the red and yellow ones---they re too harsh with all the pinks and peaches that are blooming now in the majority of the garden.
All of the flowering crab apples around town are spectacular this year. So full of blooms and fragrance and humming bees that they make my head swim.
Visits to the garden centers have been inspiring, exciting, and very tempting, but I'm not ready to plant my pots up with annuals just yet. I've been burned by late frosts enough times that I plan to wait it out for a few more weeks. Ditto my favorite warm season veggies.
I'm anxiously awaiting the lilac blossoms. Lots of full buds now on the 'Living fence" hedge that separates the back of our property from that of our neighbor, Ivy. (I love that name!)
Less wind, please!
Friday Afternoon Garden Club
Lonicera japonica 'Purpurea'
It’s FAC time in The Art Garden! Grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair. You didn’t really want to work this afternoon anyway, did you? Leave a comment to join the garden party.
Today’s topic:
Does fragrance play an important role in your garden? What are your favorite plants for fragrance? How would you describe the scent?
Garden Designers Roundtable: Creating a Focal Point
What is a focal point? How do you create one? How and where are they placed in the landscape? The answers to these questions - and more - are addressed today by my fellow members of the Garden Designers Roundtable. Please join me in viewing and reading their blog posts; it's sure to be an inspiring journey!
Andrew Keys : Garden Smackdown : Boston, MA »
Carolyn Choi : Sweet Home and Garden Chicago : Chicago, IL »
Debbie Roberts : A Garden of Possibilities : Stamford, CT »
Laura Livengood Schaub : Interleafings : San Jose, CA »
Lesley Hegarty & Robert Webber : Hegarty Webber Partnership : Bristol, UK »
Pam Penick : Digging : Austin, TX »
Rebecca Sweet : Gossip In the Garden : Los Altos, CA »
Susan Cohan : Miss Rumphius’ Rules : Chatham, NJ »
Susan Morrison : Blue Planet Garden Blog : East Bay, CA »
Susan Schlenger : Landscape Design Advice : Hampton, NJ »
Tara Dillard : TaraDillard.com : Atlanta, GA »
