Danielle's Gardens

Croci in this town.

Animals in the garden- some useful/scary to me /cute/ useless ( but brings us joy).

This week in the home garden- the chronicle of our big tree removals will come later. Check my comments for plant ID and snark.

This week at our cathedral- you’ll notice the difference between talented photographers and my ‘off the cuff’ pics. The last two are definitely not mine!

Mom- I listened

You make your own caption- I got bashed by my family when I labeled this😳

This week in the home gardens.

Specific plants at our cathedral this week with a twist at the end🌻

Vistas at the cathedral today. Grateful for the slightly cooler weather.

This week in the garden and prepping for lunch with a friend🌻

Tedious montage of coneflowers- just showing y’all how much color is possible this summer . Grow them high and dry in great soil. Ha! Now I’ll have to explain that

Animals in the garden - bat faced cuphea and t***y tat. I planted the cuphea in memory of the hundreds of bats that occupied our old house for a century. Now , they summer in our eaves instead of the attic…. It was time for them to vacate.

This week in the veg garden …. With a fail.

Farewell to Fred and a warm welcome to a new friend - don’t judge my green water! I set Fred out in the garden last week since I emptied my greenhouse.

Fred is back! ( an eastern pa tree frog). Hadn’t seen him for 8 weeks and he’s doubled in size in our greenhouse - he has a cute butt
I know this isn’t specifically garden content, but he belongs 💖

Photos that I cannot take credit for. Folks send me pictures of our cathedral gardens all the time and I am so grateful. I rarely take time to document our progress. I blame Anita Halterman/ Kurt Asplundh/ Steve Conroy for probably taking these pictures that I could never capture

When you think you’re in a flower dirth. ( hungry gap). It makes you hunt!

It’s Japanese iris season at the cathedral… plus one surprise.

Not sure why allium explosion themes keep jumping out at me this year. Steven Conroy could do a great job of my first pic ( like raindrops on a spider web).
I believe the last two pics are from David Childs.
I just have to keep my eyes open.

The w**d thistle at our shop that I have not ID’d yet. Smells fruity and is very thorny - good cut flower if you have brave hands. Not invasive like those Canada things.

Today at the cathedral- hoping for rain!

Siberian iris love today! Okay.... there’s a foxglove and a lupine in the mix. Note the combos whilst designing perennial borders🌻

We love the look , but not the scent , of our ‘coral charm’ peonies. They start out coral and fade to a nice cream. This is year 4 of their growth and we definitely appreciate their strong stems that don’t require support. Hooping zillions of peonies can get tedious

First poppy and a re- purposed old fountain

Stages of life

Our white garden at the cathedral- prettiest year yet!

Happy Mother’s Day to all! Sending everybody full out flower pics from our yard - may your year bloom to the fullest!!!

The knights who say “ni “! Tell me this ain’t straight out of Monty Python’s ‘ quest for the holy grail.