Andrea’s Garden Blog

I have a busy week behind me and haven’t really had much time to read the blogs of my blog friends. Please excuse me. Since I am back to work fulltime I am having a hard time managing blogging, but I haven’t forgotten as you can see.

The downpour of steady rain we have had until Friday in Bavaria didn’t help my mood much. I am one who likes the sun, cannot stand the cold and rain for a long time. It really depresses me when the days are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping. Friday afternoon the sun finally took over and it helped my spirits a lot. I am really dreading the long days of winter and I am hoping for very little snow again.

Last week I went shopping one day to a garden center I like very much. I have had a gift coupon for a while which I intended to spend. When I got there I looked around the craft section they have, but ended up in the gardening section after a while. I splurged and bought 2 roses Leonardo Da Vinci, 2 roses Bonica 82, 2 geranium Johnson blue, and two shrubs Amelanchier Laevis & Cornus Alba Sibirica, Crocus Vanguard (purple & white color) and white Allium.

The warmer weather on the weekend was a welcome change to extend another flowerbed and plant everything. Since I still have a bunch of room in there for perennials, I think I will try larkspur one last time. If it disappears there as well, this will be my last try with larkspur since I have only one surviving in the back.

Nevertheless, coming home today I took the time to take some nice shots with my Nikon, a Macro lens (AF Micro Nikkor 60 mm) before it got really dark. There is still a lot in bloom, though some of the fall flowers like Rudbeckia are in their very last stages. Even those perishing flowers are still beautiful in their own right.

Have a nice week!

Acer palmatum

The Delbard Rose Claude Monet is showing its beautiful colors once again.

My honeysuckle is still going strong.