In the heat and smoke of August, the garden continues thrive. The vegetable garden is productive and the flower beds are colorful. A few late summer varieties have emerged, a few are at their height, and many of the spring and early summer varieties are starting to form seedheads. Daily weeding, deadheading, and some limited watering are part of every day’s routine.
Featured here are some selected photos from daily walks in the gardens, shared here in a Google Photos slideshow:
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is an aromatic perennial in the daisy family. It has long been used as a herbal remedy in traditional medicine. It grows into a small bush and in its blooming stage has many small white … Continue reading →
Many of the flowers of spring have since disappeared. We deadhead the perennials and allow the leaves and roots to build nutrients for winter and new growth in spring. Some of the plants have a second wave of flowering. … Continue reading →
Blanketflower (Gaillardia sp.) is a showy perennial native to our area, but also planted into home gardens. The native perennial is Brown-eyed Susan (Gaillardia aristata) which grows from a tap root, has several unbranched stems, lance-shaped leaves, and flowers … Continue reading →
Balloon flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus) are clump-forming perennials in the bellflower family (Campanula). They are hardy in Zones 3-8 and prefer full sun to part shade. As the plant grows, the buds swell like small balloons before emerging as upward-facing … Continue reading →
There are over 100 species of deciduous shrubs that fit into the Spiraea genus, many from Asia, but a few from North America. Locally, we can find birch-leaved spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) in the forest. For home gardens, most … Continue reading →
In early July the gardens are full of flowers. Most are planted perennials, some of which are long-term residents. A few are native species, with seeds collected in the wild and propagated over the winter. Featured here are a … Continue reading →
All of the flower gardens, the vegetable gardens, and the borders are full of growing and flowering plants at the start of summer. Spring varieties are fading and need to be deadheaded. With the warm weather weeds appear and some … Continue reading →
Okanogan fameflower (Phemeranthus sediformis)is a native herbaceous perennial found in a small area from north central Washington State through the south central Interior of BC (to just north of Kamloops). It is a fleshy plant growing from a thick, branched … Continue reading →
By mid-June all the flower beds are full of blooming varieties of perennials, annuals, and shrubs. A number of summer-flowering plants are growing, but not yet flowering. Some of the spring-flowering perennials and bulbs have been setting seed … Continue reading →
