Tag: Grasses

Yes, Spring Will Come, But First…

Monday was a beautiful spring day (not that it won’t turn cold and rainy again and maybe even snow), and I went out for a walk around the premises, looking for new life. But paradoxically, I fell in love with the winter garden all over again, and decided to take you on one last tour. …

An October Stroll Through the Garden

Let’s start in the backyard. Rosa ‘Sally Holmes’ still has a few blooms, and even some buds straining to open before the frost. Most of the asters have gone to seed … But the dwarf New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’, is a very late bloomer – it’s just hitting its stride. Rosa ‘Darlow’s …