Summer is here and this season’s nail trends are fabulous and on-point. Whether you're a DIY nail art enthusiast or prefer a professional touch, this...
The attractive bleeding heart plant close-up with the Sigma 18-50 EX Macro lens... The sigma also shows some attractive bokeh
Final sale - No returns or exchanges on this item. Welcome the spring season in with the Melina Set. Inspired by the blooming flowers, this set is crafted from a romantic floral fabric and accented with a criss-cross back, ruched side slit, and sweetheart neckline. This set is perfect for your spring picnics or summer garden parties. Alamour styling tip: Compliment your look with the Moya Gold Earrings and our Kamilah Heels
This design turned out super cute. It is so bright an summery! I thought I’d do a tutorial for this one. Start out by painting your nails a base coat of white. I actually used O.P.I M…
Transform your garden with over creative DIY garden trellis ideas you can easily make yourself. Enhance your backyard and grow your plants vertically now. Get inspired!
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are herbaceous perennials that grow 1 to 3 feet tall with...
Pot Size: Quart Pot Common Name: Bitterroot Exposure: Full Sun Hardiness Zone: 3-9 Bloom Color: Purple Bloom Time: Spring-Summer Garden Height: 4-6 Inches Garden Spread: 4-6 Inches This plant has a fantastic abundance of rose-purple flowers that are brushed with a touch of orange. The foliage is evergreen and lance-shaped. Has an excellent compact habit and produces a profusion of flowers. A perfect plant for rock gardens. Native to the western U.S. Uses: Borders, Containers, Rock Gardens Notable Features: Evergreen Growth Habit: Mounding Photo(s) courtesy of Swift Greenhouses, Inc.
Love spending time outside in your garden? I do, too, especially now that I have taken my DIY abilities to another level outdoors! Last summer, I made a bench for my garden, the first do it yourself idea I had created other than home decor items and gifts. We have enjoyed using it year round,
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Hello everyone, I have been going through a lot of my old photos lately and thought I would share a few of my favorite shots of our summer garden ~ hope you enjoy coming along. I love to have different places to sit to enjoy all aspects of the garden. A balcony view looking toward the pond ....facing east. Looking forward to lilac season again! Love the color combination of the coneflowers , plum bee balm and phlox on a misty morning. The most colorful time in our garden is early August. Love the different hydrangeas ~ this is a shot taken from the road. Early summer ~ looking toward the pond. Another balcony view facing west this time. Our Gardener's Cottage in the distance with over 60 garden bus tours booked this summer we may have to hire a part time garden helper this year. For many years Andrew and I did all the 'work' ourselves but last year our son helped out and hopefully we will again this year. Late July in our Chelsea garden ~ time for tea? A painterly effect. Martha in her sheltered garden. A garden view from the screened porch. The arbor that Andrew built several years ago has aged nicely. Love tall and stately delphiniums. Just looking at all this color makes me excited for the return of our garden. The view from the north veranda looking toward our barn. I am happy that this photo was published in the new Porches and Gardens magazine on the stands now. Looking forward to having lunch in here again. The rose garden has really filled in the past couple of years ~ it is at the south side of the Gardener's Cottage. If you would like to see inside our little Gardener's Cottage click here to see the different looks it has had. I am sure all of you gardeners are looking forward to getting out in your gardens too. Thank you for visiting, Carolyn
This Milkweed Craft is low-prep- Just print, color, cut, glue! (Templates can be printed on colored cardstock if preferred.) Perfect for spring and summer, garden themed lessons, monarch butterfly life cycle. Plus, milkweed is the state wildflower of Illinois so this craft makes a great addition to your state symbol lessons, 50 states, and U.S. geography lessons! Includes: All templates to create craft Directions with pictures Not for commercial use. For personal and classroom use only. Click here to follow Heart Happy and be notified of new releases. Please don't forget to leave feedback. You will receive TPT credits that can be used on future purchases while helping a small business grow! :) Coverpage credits for fonts: Kimberly Geswein heart happy 2023
Boxwood how much do i love thee….it is endless & forever Box however, is becoming elusive. Here in the Chicagoland area we are experiencing disease, and now shortages. As I began to check stock, knowing of impending shortages, I was alarmed to find my favorites ‘Glencoe’, and ‘Green Velvet’, are unavailable until AUGUST! Having just finished a design yesterday, with massive quantities of Box proposed, we are on the hunt. So what is happening, what is the disease and what to do? Canker and Blight, both are a soil borne fungus. Canker; entire stem browning to death appears like this below Blight; is a defoliation Since it is more fun to talk design, let's have a brief chat on these issues first. It's all about your recognition and management. If you want an accurate diagnosis, take a clipping to your County Extension Service. But erring on the safe side, treat both the same. Cut out the affected stems. Between each cut dip your pruners in a jar of bleach. 2. Remove all dead/fallen leaves around the plants. Left alone, they will re-infect. Discard diseased limbs, do not put into the compost bin 3. Spray monthly in the growing season with a Fungicide. This Copper Fungicide is a good choice Ok, back to the fun! Boxwood is so versatile, clipped into formal shapes, rounded, square, hedged, topiary, even animal forms, to name a few. England and France have taken this to an art form. In formal gardens Rustic gardens. Personally loved the tightly sheared box settled in to the free form of all else. CONTRASTS! Brilliant in containers Here is an image of my garden in early spring. You can imagine that this view is attractive all year as the Box element looks the same season after season Here is a wider view. I would like to take your eye to the far right, there you will find a massive box. Look really close, can you see a chicken, the face and the upright tail? These attempts take FOREVER! My landscape crew had a massive brain freeze and cut off the head and the tail! WHAT?!? These guys are good, really good. Oddly, no one knows who the executioner was 😡 The Europeans do not hesitate to add Box to their veg and cutting gardens, for the sole purpose of aesthetics........nice! Let's dream........... This is a client who enjoys the snugness this hedge provides without impeding her views The former garden of the uber talented Loi Thai of Tone on Tone blog, Swedish antique specialist, shopkeeper, designer, and best of the best on social media, he is well loved. Photography by Helen Norman Did you get any ideas? If Boxwood is in your future, secure it now! This image stopped me in my tracks. Ever notice how an image can reach out and grab you, you can't stop staring? This is it for me. Pay attention when that happens to you. Recognize what it is that pulls your heart & soul in, why are you drawn and take note. Try incorporating those elements into your life or let it rest in the place of your dreams to visit again and again. The aspect that draws me in is the contrast of a motionless plant and the movement of the wood straps. Contrast! LOCAL NEWS! see below, this will not scroll down 😡 THIS WEEKS CLASS…….Lean Fake Calligraphy Yes, you can do this in a few hours. Course includes, instruction, macro mini pen from Japan, Rhodia fine paper notebook Thursday March 2nd. 7pm 3 spots left $30.00 SG GENEVA; 630.232.1303 Cheers! Debra
Petunias can survive temperature extremes, including light frost and hot summer...
This planting is not just visually striking but also pragmatic. Most of the featured plants have won awards, and are drought-tolerant.
This garland is double-sided, simply hang on the wall, in the garden or across the ceiling to create a tropical atmosphere that your guests will love! Perfect for a tropical themed birthday party, fiesta or summer garden party. Set comes with 12 card pennants Length: 8.5 ft Made in the U.K.
The most beautiful and long-lasting yarrow yet, Summer Berries is a cheery blend of magnificent colors on super-easy plants that thrive in any sunny spotespecially poor, dry soils that most perennials hate! For splendid fresh and dried arrangements plus long-lasting garden color that bees and butterflies love, grow plenty of Summer Berries! The upright, bushy plant quickly reaches 2 feet high and 1½ feet wide, covering itself with a colorful canopy of flowers! Unlike most other Achilleas, the blooms on Summer Berries refuse to fade, even in punishing heat and sunlight. They keep their colors fresh for months when driedand what gorgeous colors they are! This mix includes salmon-apricot/yellow, cherry-red/apricot, white picotee pink/cream, two-tone pink, and many moreall borne in big 3- to 5-inch clusters just begging to be picked! Yarrow is a perennial, native to the U.S. and happy to thrive in those infertile, untended garden spots we all know and dislike so much. Hardy from zones 3-10, it blooms in just 4 months from seed, and if you get an early start and cut the blooms promptly, it will probably rebloom before it's done for the season. The usual bloom season is June through September, though it may vary a bit depending on your climate. Just about the only thing you can do wrong is give this sun-lover any shade or too much fertilizerit flowers best in poor soils. A good companion to coneflower, celosia, butterfly flower, and just about any other sun-lover you can name, Summer Berries can be direct-sown or begun indoors in late winter. Space the plants about a foot apart in the garden if growing as perennials, closer together as annuals. (yarrow is so easy to grow that many folks just harvest the whole plant for cutflowers each year!) If you want more flowers quickly, cut back the old ones promptly. Easy, carefree, and so beautiful, this is a "must grow" for every sunny garden!
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THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT. NOTHING WILL BE SHIPPED. After your payment is processed, you will download your craft directly from Etsy. This Columbine Flower Craft is low-prep- Just print, color, cut, glue! (Templates can be printed on colored cardstock if preferred.) Perfect for spring and summer, garden themed lessons. Plus, the Rocky Mountain Columbine is the state flower of Colorado, so this craft makes a great addition to your state symbol lessons, 50 states, and U.S. geography lessons! Includes: All templates to create craft Directions with pictures Not for commercial use. For personal and classroom use only. Coverpage credits for fonts: Kimberly Geswein heart happy 2023
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Whether you want to start growing your own produce or your child has expressed interested in digging in the soil, we've compiled a list of 17 ways to a grow a green thumb, including gardening activities for kids, gardening tools for kids, what to plant in a kid's garden, how to create small container gardens, and how to start composting.
Nuccio's Wild Cherry' bursts into bloom in late spring with an abundance of ruffled cherry-pink flowers. Its bright blossoms emerge in clusters and attract pollinators such as butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Prized for its petite size, it grows as a dense shrub and works well in mixed borders, foundation plantings, and low hedges. 'Nuccio's Wild Cherry' performs best in partial shade and well-drained, acidic soil, and thrives in the landscape for years.