The Northwest corner has featured bold red lilies and roses this month. Vigorous tetraploid 'Red Velvet' Asiatic lilies continue to multiply by the year. Upward-facing 'Forza Red' Orien...
Somehow I never posted these photos from August last year, so I'll happily do it now in the middle of winter. After years of trying new perennials and moving things around, I finally had plent...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2022/01/august-2021-big-blooms.html
In August I arranged flowers for a wedding reception. I used purchased roses and garland, but the rest of the flowers came from my garden. My dahlias were going strong and provided most...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2021/11/midsummer-wedding-flowers.html
I am finally posting these photos from mid-May, with 'Purple Sensation' alliums and 'Excelsior' Spanish bluebells in bloom above. By the middle of May the 'Royal Raindrops' crabapple tr...
These photos of the backyard are from early May when the tulips were in full bloom along with the 'Royal Raindrops' crabapple trees. 'Margarita' pink double tulips were blooming at fron...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2021/05/photos-of-backyard-are-from-early-may.html
I have a final series of season progression photos to share, this time from the west garden path. The shot above shows everything waking up for spring in March 2020. The 'Elfin' thyme surrou...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2021/03/west-garden-progression-2020.html
This Essex arch (from Gardener's Supply ) was a new addition to my east backyard garden in the fall of 2019. I didn't take many photos from this perspective before installing it, but the ar...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2021/02/east-arch-garden-progression-2020.html
Last year I tried to take more regular pictures of the same view throughout the gardening season. Here are some progression photos of my main sunny bed, beginning with this photo from March...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2021/02/main-sunny-bed-2020-progression.html
Dahlias in red, pink and purple were fun to arrange back in September. This vase includes large 'Cafe au Lait Rose,' 'Purple Haze,' and 'Arabian Night' as well as Japanese Anemone robusti...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/11/dahlias-in-red-pink-and-purple.html
We can tell that fall has officially arrived, as the sunlight is gentler and the air is crisper. These photos document the garden on the last day of summer. The west garden features pu...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/09/last-day-of-summer-garden-tour.html
Recently I made these green and white arrangements with a mix of Costco.com flowers and materials from my garden. At the center of the arrangement above, I used some of the 'White Glitter' ...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/09/late-summer-white-vases.html
My dahlias are still going strong, though the countdown is on until frost takes them out. We often get frost in the first half of October, but meanwhile I'm enjoying the dahlias in the gar...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/09/dahlia-vases-for-september.html
Here is a midsummer vase of 'Emily Bronte' roses with 'Maya' dahlias, 'Invincibelle Spirit' hydrangeas, Ammi majus, flowering oregano, honeysuckle leaves and viburnum twigs. I ordered '...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/08/emily-bronte-rose-arrangement.html
With temperatures hitting the 90's this week (upwards of 32 degrees C), it really feels like summer. It has been a slow process to get more midsummer color in my garden, but I feel like we ...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/07/more-midsummer-garden-views.html
July is here and the northwest corner of my garden is blooming hard. Above are 'Arabian Night' and 'Purple Haze' dahlias, a second flush of bloom on 'April Night' salvia, 'William Shakespea...
Today is June Bloom Day with May Dreams Garden Blog , so here are some photos of the flowers from this morning. We have had a long, cool spring here in Spokane Valley, Washington State. Th...
The pink Oriental poppies have been gorgeous for the past couple of weeks. In the photo above, Medallion 'super' poppies are back lit by the evening sun. I have three large clumps of Me...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/06/pink-oriental-poppies-medallion-and.html
The garden looked very peaceful on this cloudy morning, so I caught some broad views of the landscape. In this view I like the contrasting foliage of the maroon Little Devil ninebark and Bl...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/05/peaceful-end-of-may-garden-tour.html
The tulips are finishing up and the Royal Raindrops crabapple trees have passed their peak. Although I've been enjoying the cheerful yellow of the cushion spurge (Euphorbia polychroma), loo...
The backyard tulips have been in peak bloom for the past week, and the blend of dark pink, purple, deep red and rosy-orange has felt bold and exciting. It has been fun to see the mix o...
Yesterday I put together this vase of spring flowers for a friend's birthday. Due to social distancing, I set it on her doorstep and stepped far back before she could come to the door. Af...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/04/sweet-spring-vase-with-tulips-and.html
This week we had snow, sleet, hail and a mild earthquake in addition to the pandemic. It's like the biblical plagues are returning. We're expecting the frogs and locusts to show up soon, ...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-touch-of-spring-green.html
Dogwoods are my favorite flowering trees. I was already growing a white Cornus florida, a dark pink C. florida, a 'Stellar Pink' C. florida x C. kousa hybrid and two 'Heart Throb' C. kousa...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/03/starlight-dogwood-tree-sturdy-beautiful.html
Perennials that bloom in April are in short supply for my Zone 6 garden. Spokane winters are long, and few perennials can start growing and get ready to bloom until May or later. So I wa...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/02/euphorbia-polychroma-for-early-spring.html
Although we've had a relatively mild winter, it's snowing again today. So I'm sharing a rainbow of colors from past years in my garden to feed my need for color. Above are 'Ambassador' al...
http://vwgarden.blogspot.com/2020/02/rainbow-of-garden-plants-for-snowy-day.html