Bring on the butterflies

Lovely result. Summer One for our backyard butterfly bush is turning out wonderfully, thought my dear wife Karen and I. Can an arrival of a winged creature to appreciate the intersection of nature be next?

Sprawl of the hibiscus

Quite a handful. Wow, thought my dear wife Karen and I as we took stock of the three plants we purchased for our backyard this spring at our favorite local nursery Ballantyne Gardens, the hibiscus keeps sprouting wider and wider. The trio of plants are doing quite well in year one, indeed.

Happy hostas

Not just big, green and bushy. Our quite large hostas plants out back took on their late summer flowers. A full garden for sure. And they were big and beautiful, too.

Long-lasting tulips

Enjoying their stay. My dear wife Karen and I agree that the orange/red and white tulips along one side of our backyard appear to be hanging out longer than usual this spring of 2023. No, we are not complaining. But, she adds, the red ones did not come up between them. It indeed is give…

It’s rhododendron time

A sturdy start. The present from Elisabeth and George Three is back for another year of providing backyard smiles. The gorgeous pink blooms of my dear wife Karen’s rhododendron have burst to a prominent 2023.

Hardy, still

The two 2022 plants Karen received for Mother’s Day from terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three are doing quite well as we turn through July. They picked great at the nursery and Karen did well at the spots she chose for them in our backyard gardens, too. The rose and rhododendron both delivered…

Red chairs highlight the lone flower

My dear wife Karen requested that I bring the red Adirondack chairs up from their winter basement hiding spot. I think they offer a wonderful complement to that one lone red backyard garden flower that decided to emerge.

Backyard roses work hard

I do agree with the experts who gladly chatted us up at this spring’s rose fair at the Liverpool Public Library, which my dear wife Karen and I attended with open ears. This has been a tougher year for our plants than usual. Still, try, try, try our backyard babies are all in their own…

In the ground they go

I grabbed the shovel and watched where my dear wife Karen carefully pointed her finger this past weekend. Into their new home dirt went the gifts from Elisabeth and George. They look comfortable. Knock on wood.