It’s been almost a full year since I started blogging…
and Garden ’10 is emerging on her own timetable,
her own artful mix of self seeded arrangements amidst
my carefully planned perennials and hardscape…
Here pink poppies spring up through the variegated spears
of Iris Palladia, backed by somewhat errant lambs ears,
carefully placed dwarf boxwood and the arm of an
espaliered apple tree….
Besides my love of antique roses…I have a few
favorite modern David Austin roses…
this is Cressida….
The self seeded foxgloves are preparing to orchestrate their symphony of softly
detailed jewel toned bells, baby tears continuing their creep between pavers,
and lime leaved geranium Anne Folkard is ready to shock with her black-centered
shocking pink flowers weaving a path through the neighboring foliage…
Hana Kisoi…a tree peony set to
explode to salad plate proportions…
stay tuned…
Dwarf boxwood, cypress, potted hydrangea,
French lavender, and soft pink geranium
Biokova set into the curve of the stairs….
The swooping hummingbird nudging the
geraniums too elusive to catch this morning….
Small mop heads of lime green viburnum
nod against the fountain at the back…
My garden is getting ready for its first
anniversary on this blog…
With an explosion of roses and
herbaceous peonies in just weeks…
I can hardly wait!
Have a wonderful weekend…
Top notch, is what you are! The flowers and backdrop are beautiful. No words can truly touch the beauty of “Mother Nature”. I know you are snowed under but if you find a chance, I would love to have you visit my blogsite. I am not bloging everday anymore because the cancer and the effects from chemo are taking their toll on me but not to the point where I cannot look forward to your posts. xoxo,
nancy
Thank you Nancy. Loved your last posy of the 1920’s Suzanne Tucker designed California home (and the artichoke soup before!).
Its exquisite, lush, romantic, … and your photos are also wonderful. I love the larger format you use.
Gorgeous shots….you have created a beautiful garden. xv
Hi Trish,
What a wonderful garden you have ~ love the very pretty roses and the peony.
All the hard work really pays off, to see so much beauty.
Thanks for sharing and I hope that you are having a lovely weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Hi Trish- from Cleveland, where our gardens are just waking up. The lily of the valley and Solomon’s seal leaves are beginning to unfurl and the lilacs are starting to develop their exquisite scent. The hydrangea leaves are poking through the woody branches and today’s high is only 45 degrees! Below normal, but not unexpected.
I look forward to following your garden from afar!
-Ann
SO wish I could grow Lily of the Valley here! How lucky you are!
fabulous images from your garden!!! Would love to have Sunday tea with you there today!!
Hi Trish! Is it really only a year you have been composing your outstanding blog? I must say again that I enjoy it enormously!
And the garden; what a paradise. Looking foward to see more great shots of how it progresses during the season.
All the best/ Sofie
Rich lush and that perfect shade of green …fabulous!
Lee
I am always surprised when Mother Nature (aka wind and birds) plant their seedlings and they are just the perfect touch in a “why didn’t I think of that” kind of way. It’s been a glorious week in my garden, the redbuds opened, the crabapples sang their songs (Prairie Fire is the color of deep rose peonies) and the Viburnams stood proud and filled the garden with the scent that tells me spring is finally here. It’s been a tough winter for everyone, I think. It is a great sigh of relief to send the winter away (although here in Kansas the last freeze date is like May 9 or something) and welcome back the green. Happy unfurling in your garden.
You have the most romantic garden Trish! I look forward to pictures of your peonies and roses! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
🙂
Trish peonies are one of my favorites ever. The garden and colors are so inspirational!
I have a new post up I think you will enjoy!
Karena
Art by Karena
How beautiful! Thank you for taking us on a lovely tour of your garden…
Looking forward to my garden’s awakening here in Jordan, Ontario. It is still at least three weeks away. I have a beautiful blanket of Lily of the Valley that I started with only a few plants from my husband’ s grandmother ‘s kitchen garden about 20 years ago. The fragrance early Spring is intoxicating.Thank you for the dreamy, lovely photos of your beautiful garden.Kindest regards, Nella
Trish’s Garden
Trish is a lovely young maiden
who lives by the sea,
she has a gift that she alone can perceive,
through her heart – dancing and singing
she can see all the lovely
young Pixies, Faeries, and Gnomes
swirling and dancing and darting
in her lovely sun-kissed garden by the sea.
Joanny
lovely, Trish.
You have a beautiful garden, laid out in the most romantic manner. Foxgloves are one of my favourite flowers, I love the way they self seed in just the right spots.
I tagged you in my last post, hope that’s OK.
Sharon
the landscape designer in me says BRAVO! what a charming and romantic space filled with beauty and surprises
debra
5th and state
How gorgeous….do you do all of the gardening yourself? I would imagine so gratifying.
xx
Hi Renae…yes I do. Sometimes I find someone to trim the peripheral landscape (trees, shrubs) but I don’t let them set foot in my garden! Once I get the weeds under control and clean up after the winter its fairly smooth sailing. The trick is just to have a few divas (peonies, roses) and then lots of easy perennials.
your garden and flowers are beautiful
So lovely!!! All of my favorites.
oh. my. gosh.
your garden is Amazing. That pink rose is perfection. your whole garden is!
…..Trish…..your garden ….is…BELLISIMO…..it is a dream…¡¡¡¡ Congratulations…..enjoy it….¡¡¡¡¡¡ Berta
….. ….. Trish su jardÃn …. es … Bellisimo ….. es un sueño …¡¡¡¡ Felicidades ….. disfrutar de ella …. Berta ¡¡¡¡¡¡
Ah of course the real jewels in all of this are your son and daughter. You are truly blessed with their great relationship!
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You are TRULY an inspiration. We are nearly completed with taking a dramatically steep hill behind our house and giving it (by virtue of rockeries) an upper terrace and a lower terrace, connected by large natural stone steps. It’s taken since May to create the North Carolina quartzite stone terraces and field stone walls and so we will not plant until the spring. So that gives me the winter to plan the plantings. And it will be fun because the beds will enjoy FULL SUN – Our property has only had beds for shade in the past and I will be able to use all sorts of plants that I love and haven’t been able to use before. Your pictures are beautiful and your sense of design and color wonderful and natural. As I say, an INSPIRATION. Thank you!