Blossom Time

If you recall my earlier post of June 13 titled Gardening by Walking Around, there is always much to see in a garden. If we consider the period of time when a plant is in blossom, or when it displays interesting foliage, it is time to walk around again.

Blossom Time in the Right Entrance Bed

We are going to create Blossom Time charts for each of our planted beds. In our first example seen above, the Weigela shrub is an early bloomer in the garden along with Columbine, Cranesbill and Bleeding Heart. Our goal is that over the summer, something will always be blossoming in the bed, the last being the Powwow Wild Berry Coneflower. Blossom times are represented by the purple boxes. 

Foliage, the green boxes, can also be interesting. The Nannyberry, Ostrich Fern and Virginia have colourful foliage until the end of October.

The Seasonal Interest page contains the blossom time charts for each bed.