Learning to plant flowers in the fall has changed my garden. I love being able to enjoy very early blooms in the spring, and pansies are no exception to this. Today, I wanted to feature one of my favorite pansies that I'm growing - 'Nature Mulberry Shades' pansy. This flower was the very first to…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Nature Mulberry Shades’ Pansy: A True Early Season Beauty
In continuing our theme of closing out the hardy annual season, we are now faced with the last of the pansies and sweet peas. In making an arrangement, I can't help but feel that this combination turned out so well. These adorable, ruffled pansies are from the Victorian Posy pansy mix from Renee's Garden. Even…
Continue reading ➞ The Last Pansies and Sweet Peas – Cut Flower Garden Arrangement
Because the garden is comparatively small, it seems like I always find myself looking for new ways to use various plants. Pansies are certainly no exception to this, as I quite love their cute little blooms. After growing pansies from seed for a few years, I started using the small stems in cut flower arrangements…
Continue reading ➞ Small, But Mighty! Pansies in Cut Flower Arrangements
With so many larger flowers in the garden, it's sometimes easy to forget the little ones. Pansies are one of my absolute favorite spring flowers. Often among the first things to bloom, I even had pansies opening in January this year. Last fall, I ordered the 'Victorian Posy' pansy mix from Renee's Garden. Though the…
Continue reading ➞ Le Petite Fleur: Little Jam Jars Full of Flowers
In my last post, I mentioned that the weather here has been absolutely frigid. Well, a couple days have passed and in true crazy weather fashion, our temperatures are now into the 60s. I should mention that that is very warm for this time of year, as our last frost date is usually at the…
Continue reading ➞ February Unheated Hoophouse and Garden Update – Flowers in Hoop House
It's that time again - time to start thinking about winter sowing! Hooray! I'm so excited! In the past, I've only winter sowed using milk jugs and other containers. Last year, I ended up with well over 200 bottles sitting in the backyard - it was a complete mess! This year, I've decided to try…
Continue reading ➞ The Beginning of the Winter Sowing Season
Luckily, I was finally able to finish planting the hardy annual cut flower seedlings into the hoophouse. Though most of these flowers are annuals, I did include some biennial flowers under cover, as well. Here's hoping for a beautiful spring and summer.
I feel like I've been saying it for months now, but I'm so far behind. In a perfect world, the hoophouse would have been planted and ready for winter back in October. Between the weather and the busy thanksgiving holiday - it just didn't happen. I was finally able to get things situated last weekend.…
What's that?!?! Are those SNAPDRAGONS?!?! If you've been around the blog for awhile, you'll know that I'm absolutely terrible at growing snapdragons. I've tried several times, but something always go wrong. Not this year! I grew actual snapdragons - look, there's even photographic evidence! This variety isn't one of those fancier hybrids, but rather came…
