Blooms

Showy Pink Primrose

The Showy Pink Primrose has a pale pink flower and a pale yellow middle.   The butterflies really love this flower.  It is a Zone 4 plant which means it will tolerate the cold. While the plant tag indicates that it is a mounding perennial that grows between 12 inches high and wide.  I would say […]

Blooms

Reblooming Lilac

While I planted the Bloomerang Purple Reblooming Lilac a few years ago, this is the first year it really looked good.  I think it helped since I cut back the Russian Sage bushes (see the blog titled “Russian Sage – Don’t Eat It”) that are right beside it so the lilac had more room to grow.  Also, I […]

Blooms Fruits

Cherry Blossoms

When we purchased our Reliance Cherry Tree in May 2012, it looked fantastic!   While we were worried that bugs might attack it, we did not realize that the real “pest” would be the deer in our neighborhood.  The deer ate most of the bottom branches and rubbed their antlers on the bark (see below). […]