Category Archives: Garden Bloggers Blooms Day

Blooming September

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Cathy

I have forgotten in so many months of late to do any kind of overview of what is blooming in the garden, always an interesting exercise to enable comparisons from year to year. Only just over halfway through September, I … Continue reading →

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Sumer is Icumen in…Slowly

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Cathy

A warm, sunny and dry April accompanied by chilly nights has been followed by a cool and damp May, with weather records broken in both months. The borders are gradually filling up with attractively mounded clumps of fresh foliage, some … Continue reading →

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April’s Best Blooms

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Cathy

As April gallops towards an end, I couldn’t let it escape without celebrating the glorious array of blooms that it brought, starting with Magnolia ‘Susan’ above, whose dark purple buds are just beginning to unfurl. Last year it bloomed prolifically … Continue reading →

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March Blooms: Reelin’ and a Rockin for Six on Saturday

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Cathy

Once I began dipping my toes into the pleasant waters of the garden blogging community, some months after the blog was born, I quickly discovered and participated in various memes like Garden Bloggers’ Blooms Day, Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day, End … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day Blooms and an Apology

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Cathy

For the eighth time, I have made a count of what is blooming in the garden on Boxing Day or thereabouts, always an interesting exercise and one that highlights the differences in winter from year to year. Not surprisingly, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing Day blooms, Christmas, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardening, Gardens, Winter | 33 Comments

More Than Six on Saturday: November Blooms

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Cathy

In case you think I am cheating, this is NOT a Six on Saturday post, to link with Jon the Propagator’s weekly meme, but an inventory of what is blooming in the garden at the moment! I was rapidly running … Continue reading →

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Still Blooming After All This Time

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Cathy

Without a fixed date of posting top blooms each month, it becomes a random combination of when I think about it and when I have the time, in or around the third or fourth week, but it continues to form … Continue reading →

Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardens, herbaceous perennials | 14 Comments

September Bloomers

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Cathy

Over the years I have kept some sort of record of blooms at their best every month, originally with Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, and then with Chloris’ Top 10 meme with a period of going-it-alone in between; Chloris is giving … Continue reading →

Posted in annuals, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardening, Gardens | 18 Comments

Best of the August Bunch

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Cathy

For some time, Chloris of My Blooming Garden has been hosting a meme celebrating the Top Ten blooms each month; it is often difficult to pick just ten, to avoid both repetition and featuring several varieties of the same species, … Continue reading →

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Some of the Best July Blooms

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Cathy

Just like last month, it is very difficult to narrow the best blooms in the garden down to around ten or so for Chloris’ monthly meme, but I am just about there and making a point of including ordinary stalwarts … Continue reading →

Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardens | Tagged | 15 Comments