#spring gardening

[flowerishness]

Genista pilosa (creeping broom)

Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is an invasive species in my part of the world and can easily grow two meters tall (6ft) but this little creeping broom is a much smaller member of the genus Genista and rarely exceeds 30cm (12 inches). Here some creative gardener has planted one as an attractive groundcover between the sidewalk and a busy street. Broom plants in general are as tough as nails and I think this location really uses the natural talents of this species very effectively.

[autumncottageattic]

Ingrid Henningsson

[bathtub-frog]

Lovely time in the greenhouse! Growing lovely things...

[fionagardens]

These are my favourite tulip, Barcelona, sold by Bloms Bulbs (no commission for mentioning them sadly!). Bloms advised me to grow tulips in pots as slug damage to the bulbs when they were planted in the flowerbed was causing the plants to grow distorted. So I plant them in pots and move them into position as they come into flower. I am so pleased with this method, but as tulip heads are fragile, it’s not wise to give the pots too long a journey to get into position!

[thatpsychnerd]

Spring Gardening The Winter Blues Away

Image Source: Markus Spiske on Unsplash It’s that time of the year again between the end of the holiday season and spring that I hate. My depression and mental health always seems to take a toll during these times. But this year I am determined to not let that happen. So, before I jump into my garden yap session, I wanted to introduce a section on this site called: Growing with Jennifer. In…

[cottageaesthetic]

[wh0-is-lily]

Lily of the Valley Vases 🪷

[geezerwench]

It's that time of year!

[cosmiclove-heavenstruck]

TORI SPRING: SOLITAIRE

"I think you should know that I make up a lot of stuff in my head and then get sad about it." Tori Spring, played by Jenny Walser

[petitworld]

by Brian Carrington

[aliciasilvastuff]

By claudiadeyondesings

[autumncottageattic]

countrylivingmag

[dixt]

la scarzuola in umbria, italy ⋅ ph. stefan giftthaler

[fionagardens]

As previously mentioned, I went to the Chelsea Flower Show last week. It is a very intense experience as there is so much to see but it is also so crowded, so many visitors as well as film crews. Every year, there are one or two plants that feature in a lot of the show gardens. This year, it was the turn of Thalictrum ‘Black Stockings’, this pink flower with dark grey stems. I thought it would go well with some of the moody purples in my garden and rushed to look it up on line. Often a new plant to me turns out to be unsuitable because it needs acid soil (mine is alkaline) or wet ground, mine is dry. Thalictrum was a different sort of disappointment though as the plant is normally 2m high. Somehow at Chelsea, all the plants were only 60cm or so. It’s wonderful show, but not always very accurate in its representation of plants!

[kafkasapartment]

Sunflowers, c. 1982. Andrew Wyeth. Watercolor and pencil on paper