The year of Bees...

Our garden has had more Bees this year!  more blooming plants and flowers have brought the bees.  I know we need them...and it is nice to see all the good they do...just not by my entrance door!( smiling)

My top four favorite Roses for the northwest garden....

My top four favorite Roses for the northwest garden.... 1. Fragrant Cloud, the best for all around scent   and color. 2. Chicago Peace , brilliant yellow and pink buds and blooms. 3. Olympiad, ruby red blooms that appear like velvet. 4. Ruth Alexandra, bright yellow vining spectacular scented blooms, first for blooming early.   These have so much to add to any northwest garden, all make my garden special. ( They are actually my mother's) she has been growing and tending roses for more than sixty years! A delight to see each and every rose bloom!

My top five favorite Iris in the garden....

With the spring season in the northwest comes the arrival of the beauty of the Iris bloom. An all time favorite and I so look forward to the many colors of the day when the Iris start to share those gorgeous blossoms. 1.Cybergrape...great vibrant hue of blue purple. 2. Cat's Eye...a lovely blend of pinks. 3.Blue Shimmer, light blue and edged. 4.Mother Earth, purple and peach falls, splendid! 5. Wabash, white with darker purple falls, exquisite!  A delight of any spring garden in the Pacific Northwest, all grow easily, like shade with a little sunshine...  enjoy your special varieties!

Easter, 2019 Spring blooms..

This weekend brings out so many memories for me. The day was special as a child with a basket full of goodies for my three younger brothers and myself. Colorful and the exact same amount of mainly sweets in each basket. The baskets were usually hidden inside our home as the weather wasn't always cooperating. My mother always had a lovely spring Easter garden. Fresh with the new blooms after a long winter. The daffodils, tulips and primroses were my favorites. This year our primroses were spectacular! I watched for the first blooms after the North West snow. And you guessed, the primrose is still the sweetest and most lovely in the garden! Many of the primroses are over sixty five years old. A truly amazing find in a spring northwest garden...

Spring purple Wood Violets

Wild purple Wood Violets are one of the first blooming flowers in the spring.  They grow easily in most areas, need some water, fairly good soil and modest sunshine.  This variety requires only minimal care, usually self-seeding.  This year the violets started blooming in January and will continue long into late spring.  Easy to grow and enjoy in the northwest gardens...Always a favorite!

Spring Northwest Gardens.

The arrival of Spring in a northwest garden represents the absolute freedom from the cold dark days of winter for our precious gardens.  Daffodils, tulips, crocus, hyacinths, lilies, violets, iris and more awaken to the first glimpse of the sun streaming into the garden.  The same time year after year, amazing how the plants wake up when nature instructs them on their journey of blooming.

Winter in Washington State

Looking out my window today I see the most beautiful clouds, gray, blue, white...getting ready for a predicted wind storm coming in over the ocean. Can't even imagine how these clouds will bring mega rain and wind. The birds and flying, like nothing is changing. A very interesting day indeed. Washington state has so much raw and natural beauty to behold in every season. Today is no exception!  We are so blessed to have winter, even with a wind storm approaching. Just hoping not to lose our electricity! Winter in Washington.