One of my gardening goals is to use our herbs more and to be more creative cooking with them. I love the picking out, the planting and the harvesting to share of herbs. But often I am guilty of using the basil for caprese salad,…
When we first moved into our current home, about 25 years ago, the previous owners (the Arnolds) had beautiful flowers everywhere in the yard! They had pots of gorgeous flowers by the front door and on the patio, and striking gardens in the back yard!…
The Peach Drift Rose is the rose that you dream about! They have beautiful soft peach blooms from May to first hard frost.
The Peach Drift Roses are one of the most prolific bloomers of all the Drift series of roses. Just look at the bundle of roses! These are incredible heavy bloomers!
This rose is easy to care for, is disease resistant and is cold hardy and it is the perfect size for smaller gardens, borders, or along paths. . The glossy dark green foliage provides a perfect background for the peach roses.
This rose pairs well with other perennials in your landscape.We have these roses in a border, along with yellow blanket flower gaillardia and shrubs. The mature plant is about 2′ by 1 1/2 ‘. So lovely!
Hints of dark coral, pale peach, yellow and gold are highlighted by dark foliage.
Early single bloom.
This is another rose that changes color as the blooms mature.
Wouldn’t you love having this in your garden?
If you remove the spent blooms, it encourages new blooms.
Towards the end of the bloom, little dots appear, giving the rose a new look.
Such a variety of colors from one rose!
The Peach Drift Rose is amazing! Beautiful and easy to care for! You can enjoy the blooms all summer! Have fun in your garden!
These are just lovely all summer, for some early fall photos of these roses, click on the link below:
“Tis not the season” but now I am so far behind that I am almost running ahead! I pieced this quilt during the winter months and just picked it up from Kristi’s Quilting. A classic Christmas quilt design made with festive Rifle Paper Company fabrics.…
The iris are blooming! Flowering iris always make me think of my Grandma Steinhauser. She had a wide range of iris, but many were this pale purple or lavender shade. She had them along the sides of driveway, the shed and in her “English” garden.…
Oh my goodness! Can you believe the color on these Joseph’s Coat climbing roses? And the phone photo does not do it justice at all! Such a gorgeous array of colors all on one plant!
These roses are so eye-catching! The roses change color – from yellow to orange to scarlet. (I did notice that I need to spray for insects after seeing this photo).
The Joseph’s Coat Rose is one of the most popular climbing roses – they add such striking colors to your garden! Scroll down through the rest of the photos and you can see how the colors change as the blooms mature.
Such a lovely rose to add to your collection. Happy Gardening!!!!
My son, Andrew, wanted to try a Blini with Cream and Berries when he was home. The original recipe had raspberries, blackberries and mint leaves…but our local store was out of those ingredients, so we improvised, using strawberries instead. A very simple dessert – but…
I love spring! The yard and garden come alive with beautiful flowers and all the fresh fruit looks so wonderful. Time for strawberry shortcake- or a berries medley shortcake! Isn’t this shortcake pan cute? The little baskets that you make with these are so much…
I just love the spring and watching the yard come alive with color! Our honeysuckle vines are now blooming – and look at those beautiful colors! The orange trumpets with yellow centers against the dark green foliage is so eye catching. These blooms will often attract hummingbirds to your garden.
The trumpet honeysuckle produces orange-red flowers in the spring, and then will rebloom again during the summer.
These climbing ornamental vines are easy to grow. They thrive in sun or shade. They do best in well-drained soils, but will tolerate poor soils. They will need pruning in the spring, but they will regrow quickly the next year.
You can train them on a trellis or let the honeysuckle ramble as ground cover. We found this little church birdhouse at a store in Rocheport several years ago and it just seems like the perfect focal point amidst the flowering vines.
Enjoy the spring!
Last fall I planted some new tulip bulbs. The Green Wave Parrot Tulip was one of the tulips I decided to add to our spring collection. They are so pretty and delicate! Look at those colors – almost like a watercolor painting. These elegant tulips…
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Mary Beth shares her love of family, food, DIY projects and being outdoors.
