As we head on into the month of July the scene is looking very different. Most of the rose blooms have faded and my husband has thankfully trimmed the climbing rose over the arbour as it does tend to get a bit unruly. There will be a second blooming though on most of my […]
June Blooms As we move into June the garden is overflowing with flowers and everything has doubled in size with the weather going from high temperatures to downpours of rain. The rose over the front arbour is still putting on a good show although some of the flowers are starting to fade. The hanging baskets and containers are looking […]
So here we are already in June and Roses are the highlight of this month. When I was living down in the Fraser Valley I tended to steer clear of growing roses due to the many diseases they incurred as a result of heavy rainfall, i.e. black spot, rust, mildew to name a few. Now […]
As we reach the end of May the garden is fully flourishing and with the weather cooling off towards the end of the month there has been another spurt of growth. I was only away for a few days but I came back to all the peonies in bloom, at least 3 or 4 varieties […]
Once again this past year has gone in a flash so I thought I would reflect on some of my favourite moments in the Findleberry garden and highlights throughout the year. January – the year started off with a blast of winter and even so my husband and I wrapped up and captured […]
As we near the end of October, I have done my usual wander around the garden for a monthly assessment. We have been very fortunate in having such mild weather and among the fallen leaves are a number of both annual and perennial flowers still blooming. In my rockery bed area by the pond, I […]
When I started this blog post reviewing the garden at the end of July, little did I realize that in addition to all the other activities planned for July, we had to deal with the impact of a forest fire near where we live which grew to 560 hectares. Thankfully due to the hard efforts […]
I realize that most of my photos are closeups of flowers taken with my macro lens so I thought it is time to step back and take a broader view of the garden beds to show how they are performing as we near the end of June. One of the biggest contrasts of course is […]
June is the start of rose season. As the peonies fade, the roses soon fill in those spots in the garden where other flowers have faded. My first rose to bloom is the single red climbing rose around the entrance way to the Findleberry Garden. Soon to follow […]
With just a few days of rain I suddenly have a burst of colour in the garden with blooms galore and more. I have dedicated a separate page to peonies but one of the other show stoppers right now is the Papaver Orientale (Oriental Poppy). I love the peach coloured blooms and how they radiate […]