dreams

bluebells

Lilac in bud

winter charm

Foxglove

Garden whim

BIke fun

Garden whim

Echinacea

Sunflowers

Bleeding Heart

Cosmos and Hydrangea

dandelion seeds

Cherry Blossoms

It has been a long wet winter and hallelujah spring is here and my cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

The First Shasta Daisies of the season

 

Sage in the Formal Herb Garden

I use a variety of Salvia in my Formal Herb Garden: I find it is an easy to grow herb with ancient ties.

Common Sage (salvia officianalis)
Purple Sage (S. officianalis purpurascens)
Tricolour Sage (S. officianalis 'tricolor')

It is only late June and the tall spikes of purple sage are already finishing their bloom. I will soon have to pull out my trusted rusty clippers and top these bee magnets.

I placed purple sage in the middle of each quarter of the garden in order to bounce the purples of the sage off the greens of the surrounding boxwoods. The sage has quadrupled since just last year. The swath of shiney silvery purples are only hightened after a summer rain. Into the middle of the purple sage I dropped a touch of tricolor sage, adding that little extra zest. 

The Path of Lavender

 

Parsley and Lavendar