10 Plants to Have for Spring Flowers

To help get a good dose of spring, early spring blooming flowers pack a big punch. Consider adding these to your gardens and walkways
February 20, 2019 0 Comments

To help get a good dose of happy, early spring blooming flowers pack a big punch. Consider adding these Spring Blooms to your gardens and walkways. These 10 plants are what you should be on the lookout for when you are planning your spring garden.  Early blooming spring flowers are not only a pleasant surprise …

Canada 150 Tulips

The Canada 150 tulip, also known as the Maple Leaf tulip, is the official tulip of the 150th anniversary of Canada
June 26, 2017 2 Comments

The Canada 150 tulip, also known as the Maple Leaf Tulip, is the official tulip of the 150th anniversary of Canada.  This tulip was bred to resemble a white flower and red flames, which also looks remarkably like a maple leaf, and thus, the Canada Flag.  About the Canada 150 Tulip I would be remiss if I didn’t touch on the …

Best Gardening Ideas

April 25, 2016 0 Comments

This is it folks.  Get ready for full on Gardening Season.  The snow it is a melting, and seeds, they need to get sprouting.  To help get you ( and myself too!) off on the right foot, here are the Best Gardening Ideas. Best Gardening Ideas From ideas for Seed Starting to Building a Really …

How to Build a Bee Garden

How to Build a Bee Garden with bee friendly food and shelter
April 15, 2016 0 Comments

There is a pretty clear call to action in the world to save the bees.  And rightly so, many of the fruits, nuts, vegetables, and herbs we eat need pollinators to reproduce.  And well, that pretty much says it all. (This post contains affiliate links for your convenience ) While not everybody loves bees, what with the …

How To Build A Butterfly Garden

How To Build A Butterfly Garden with Flowers and Other Essentials for Butterflies
March 30, 2016 0 Comments

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough – Rabindranath Tagore Everybody loves butterflies, and why not?  They are amazing and delightful little creatures that can entertain us for entire mornings and afternoons.  They also happen to be some serious pollinators which means having them around your yard, gardens and property will keep …

Fantastic Foliage For Your Summer Garden

Choose these plants for foliage and more green space in your garden
March 4, 2016 0 Comments

  & The Summer Garden Blog Hop In honour of the Summer Garden (yes, Summer will come soon) and in continuation of our colour series, I’ve put together a list of five plants to plant in your summer garden, that will give you wonderful summer blooms, and wonderful foliage throughout.  We’ve talked about Blue Flowers, …

Prettiest Purple Flowers for Your Garden

Purple Flowers for your Garden
March 2, 2016 0 Comments

Spring is  on it’s way, I’m sure it is.  While we are all waiting patiently for it to get here, why not get a little more garden planning done and consider the flowerbeds, window boxes, walkways, and all types of planters that we will fill? Purple flowers are a great addition to them all for …

Beautiful Blue Flowers for Your Yard and Garden

Blue Flowers for Your Garden
February 29, 2016 0 Comments

I have already shared with you the Prettiest Purple Flowers – and I promised you a post in March with the Best Blue Flowers….   Beautiful Blue Flowers for your yard and garden.  These are all perennials, and I have grouped them into their bloom season, spring or summer.  Spring Blue Flowers   The hardy columbine prefers …

Give Your Garden a Fairy Tale Look

Give Your Garden a Fairy Tale Look by Planting Lupines
August 7, 2015 0 Comments

  “and when she saw lupine flowers blooming outside her window, she knew just what she would do to make the world a more beautiful place”  Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius   Fairy Tale Garden Lupines are a hardy perennial that very easily self seed.  The tall brightly coloured spires really do create a fairy tale …

Warm Up Your Fall Garden With Yellow Orange and Red

July 26, 2015 0 Comments

  Choose these warm coloured blooms, for your fall garden.   I would typically start out by telling you that Fall is my very favourite season.  I hesitate a wee bit this year though because last winter was so long, and this summer has gone too quickly.  So this year instead of longing for the colours, …