Today’s photos were sent in by Mary-Jane Duford.
It’s well below freezing here in Zone 5. I’m indoors with my houseplants and seed catalogs dreaming of spring! I took all of these photos in my garden here in the Okanagan Valley, Canada (just north of Washington State). Everything is covered in ice and snow right now, so it’s been wonderful to take a look forward at what’s to come!
I’m a new gardener, homeowner, and young mom. I’ve been gardening for half a dozen years now (since we first bought a home with a yard). I thought I’d grow mainly vegetables, but now my yard is completely filled with perennial flowers! There always seem to be too many plants and not enough space.
I particularly enjoy easy-to-grow flowering perennials and bulbs, as well as kid-friendly crops like strawberries and direct-seeded veggies. I’m also enjoying learning about different organic mulch options and living green mulch plants.
White hellebore flower (Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’, Zones 5–9) in April.
Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris, Zones 3–7) fronds in May.
Sargent crabapple (Malus sargentii, Zones 4–7) blossoms in May.
Magnolia (Magnolia ‘Betty’, Zones 4–8) blossoms in May.
Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum, Zones 4–8) in bloom in May.
Spring peas ready for harvest in the kids’ garden in May.
Veronica, aka speedwell (Veronica longiflolia ‘Charlotte’, Zones 4–8), in June.
Blue delphinium (Delphinium ‘Cobalt Dreams’, Zones 3–7) in June.
Pink peony (Paeonia, Zones 3–8) bud in June.
White Astilbe (Zones 4–8) in June.
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