After an extended blogging break, I am continuing the tradition of posting highlights from my garden from the previous year. January/February/March April/May/June July/August/September October/November/December If you look back on A Year in the Garden 2018 the 2019 growing season is a little behind that of 2018, which was exceptionally advanced. A Year in the Garden – 2017 […]
My Donegal garden is slowing down towards it’s winter sleep, and the bright rainbow of colours in the borders has been replaced with more subtle shades. Rosa glauca Rosa glauca has an abundance of rosehips. However, she is in dire need of a good hard prune as does her neighbour Clematis jackmannii. Both will thank me for it. Kaffir Lilies […]
At summer’s zenith, my garden is emboldened with lots of hot hues, that liven up the borders. Orange Day Lilies brighten this corner of the central bed: Crocosmia Lucifer stands tall and proud behind Salvia hotlips, Geranium psilostemon, Rose “Paul Scarlet” and Fuschia. It looks well against the dark foliage of my purple Elder tree, while white Lilies emerge angelically […]
This month’s garden post is part of Wordless Wednesday. Brigid P. Gallagher is a retired natural medicines therapist, passionate organic gardener and author of “Watching the Daisies- Life lessons on the Importance of Slow,” a holistic memoir dedicated to the art of mindfulness and healing from debilitating illness. She lives in Donegal, Ireland – an area of outstanding natural beauty. Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/r5GCjaetgZk Twitter: […]
James Galway Roses May is always a delight in the garden, with a myriad of new flowers coming into bloom. Let’s start with the Roses. Roses “James Galway” is already overflowing with glorious pink perfume, that I sniff on a regular basis. The bees love it too! “Pilgrim,” is now in full flower, but in this photograph, she is just […]
April and early May have been full of glorious growth in the garden. However, many of the early blooms are now gone, including these Tulips: Bluebells Bluebells and albino Bluebells have flowered and are now sleeping until next year: Personal Favourites Among my favourite spring flowers is Bleeding Heart, with its little pendants which hold a special place in my […]
My Tulips have been singing “I will survive” for much of March as storms, heavy rain and hail lashed these shores. I am happy to report there have been very few floral casualties! Tulips My coral varieties – Van Eijk, Toronto and Mystic Van Eijk, are still emerging and doing well. However, the purple shades of Candy Prince, Purple Prince […]
January ended on a cold note with two nights of hard frost, plus a small scattering of snow. Thankfully, it caused no lasting damage in the garden. The seasons are constantly shifting, and Spring is early again this year. In the past week, temperatures have soared to 17 degrees! These miniature Narcissus emerged in January, and are still providing a […]
The weather remains mild here in Donegal, and Mother Nature seems more than a little confused. Growth appears to be around a MONTH ahead of this time last year! It seems timely to share some of my floral highlights from 2018, before I continue with my regular monthly gardening posts: January/February/March April/May/June July/August/September October/November/December I feel incredibly blessed to have […]
Helleborus niger “Verboom Beauty” with Cowslip and Primula Friends Having completed my garden tidy up last month, I have become more relaxed and perhaps lazy… Thankfully, the weather has been glorious – much nicer than both September and October. Until yesterday, when it turned both stormy and wet! Hopefully, it will have passed by the time this post is published. […]
