Amazing white rose of sharon in front of maple in front bed!
NEW FACEBOOK GARDEN BLOG
Hello all you wonderful followers of my Nancy’s nature WordPress blog. GREAT NEWS!!
I have chosen to continue writing my Nancy’s nature garden blog on Facebook. to find my blog there, all you have to do is open Facebook, and in the search engine type:
Nancy’s Nature
this will take you to my new Facebook Nancy’s nature page. It is just a continuation of exactly what I’ve been doing here on WORDPRESS for the past nine years. Talking about flowers, nature, gardening, and odds and ends. I hope you can join me there. Thanks for your support here on WordPress. HAPPY GARDENING!
so it turns out that all I have to do is erase some pictures from my library of pictures on this website, and I can create more storage for myself. Since the pictures are already on the blog, and I almost never reuse a picture, I can probably keep going on this website for another year or two. So that’s cool.
Below is a tiny Arrangement I made of Small, delicate flowers. There are cosmos, lavender, Yarrow, snapdragon, Rose, and my new favorite feverfew! Feverfew is the tiny little white daisy type flower. I love it. It is perfect in arrangements as a filler. It’s like a flowery baby’s breath.❤️
MAYBE I SPOKE TOO SOON!
GOODBYE AND HAPPY GARDENING
Fellow Nature Lovers,
Well, I’m going to have to say goodbye. I have run out of storage on this website. So I’m going to have to make this the last post on Nancy’s Nature. I’ve been writing on this blog for almost 10 years. I have enjoyed it immensely. I don’t feel sad that it is ending, because I think Nancy’s Nature has been a good representation of my passion for gardening. I sincerely hope that it has inspired you.
You know where to get in touch with me if you have any gardening questions.. I hope you’ve enjoyed my posts. You’re always welcome to come visit my garden in person.
Have fun gardening. Take care and keep the faith.
Love, Nancy
DEZI IN JOCKEY HOLLOW AT OUR FAVORITE SPOT
FOXGLOVES.. NATIVE AND HYBRID, ETC.
It’s hard to keep up with all the flowers that are blooming about now. There is native fox glove, Calendula, Roses, Clematis, Sundrops, and a new plant for me that I find perfect as a replacement for babies breath in a bouquet.. fever Few.
HYBRID FOXGLOVE
NATIVE FOXGLOVE
CLEMATIS
SUNDROP
CALENDULA
June 7 photo dump
arboretum, my backyard, and assorted things. No explanations will be given. Hope you enjoy.
ROSE!
What color is this rose? Blood red?
END OF MAY PART II
Now to the back of the property. Part II!
Here are Star of Bethlehem, Spiderwort, Honeysuckle, Irises, Yarrow. These are all very reliable, easy care perennials that I’ve been growing for many years. All of the flowers this year are doing much better than usual because of the very significant snow that we had over the winter. Although it was exhausting to keep up with, all of the perennials really loved it. It got them off to a great start this spring, which they needed particularly because of the very bipolar weather we had. With temperatures 90 one day and 50 the next, it was as hard on the plants as it was on us. Many of the early buds were frozen. The most serious damage was done to the hydrangeas. But they tend to be a little overly delicate anyway. They’re very fussy. They only bloom if they’re in the mood. People often ask me why their hydrangeas are not blooming in a certain year, and honestly, I have no idea. Mine do the same thing. It doesn’t matter how much you fertilize them or take care and when you prune them. They bloom when they feel like it.
That is not at all true with all the plants on this page. These are reliable bloomers pretty much, no matter what happens.
More to come soon. It’s been very, very exciting so far this spring. Although I have to admit, I did not appreciate the deer eating the tops of all of my balloon flowers. They will grow back, but in my mind, it was quite a rude thing to do. It’s not like there’s not any grass to eat. No no no. They have to eat balloon flower buds. Well anyway….happy gardening!
END OF MAY 2026. PART 1
There are so many flowers blooming at this time, that I am going to have to do this End of May post in two parts.
At This point in the season, I am basically just sitting back and watching the fruits of my labors over the last 48 years. It’s pretty remarkable, I must admit, how many flowers come back year after year. I have found that the less I do with regard to fertilizing, weeding, watering, etc. the better the flowers do. They basically just want to be left alone. I think it really helps to leave all of the fallen leaves on the beds. I’ve completely stopped using wood mulch.
The one thing that I always do have to do is cut them back after they flower. That is the one requirement. And for many of the plants, such as the lilac tree and the rambling roses, that is a very, very big job. I wait until their blooms are finished, and then I try to go out as soon as possible to cut them back. I’m way behind schedule this year because I just put two coats of stain on my deck. I decided to do it earlier than usual this year so that I could concentrate on the garden. It Was pretty backbreaking work this year. But it’s done now, and I can get out my big long handled clippers and my Electric hedge trimmer, and go to town on the lilac and the rambling roses and soon the knockout roses.
I am always surprised at how many flowers, shrubs and trees I have. Sometimes I look and see something growing and I have to try to remember what it is. It’s actually like being given unlimited gifts every summer. So now that this is my 80th summer, I guess I can just sit back and not buy any more plants. I think I have enough right now!! I feel truly blessed to live here and have this garden and to be the caretaker of all these amazing plants!
Here is just a sample of what’s blooming on my little half acre so far.
- Phoebe Rose.. named after my sweet and lovable orange cat, Phoebe.
2. Salvia
3. Veronica
4. Centaurea.. perennial
5. SIBERIAN IRIS
6. CLEMATIS
7. KNOCKOUT ROSE
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