Every plant, shrub and tree has its moment of glory. Now is the time for rockery and alpine plants to bloom. I have always been fascinated by the fact that alpine plants, in particular, survive extreme winter conditions in the mountainous alpine meadows to produce such brilliant coloured flowers. One of my favourite alpines is lewesia cotyledon […]
Thoroughly enjoyed the Easter weekend spending time with family and friends and my guests were really pleased with the pansy containers I gave as Easter gifts and preferred them to chocolates. I was fortunate too to receive a lovely bouquet of freesias which is my favourite flower. Since then I have made headway both in the garden and […]
Cherry Blossoms Galore! I am writing my post today overlooking St. Mary’s Lake on Salt Spring Island. When my husband first asked me to join him on an MG tour of the island I was a little hesitant. After consideration though I thought it would be a great opportunity to not only see Salt […]