Life in Bloom . . .

Perhaps my greatest daily pleasure is spending even 30 minutes watering bits and pieces of my garden. In the back, I literally eradicated grass and opted instead for a joyous profusion of all sorts of plants from bee balm with its pink flirty blooms, to the elegant hydrangeas in misty shades of fuschian, amethyst, and sapphire, to my riot of multihued roses, nearly wilds, climbing and knockout, and my host of hostas with their stalks of lavender and white buds. I can’t seem to get out of Lowes or Pikes these days without two cardloads full. I wander the aisles reading the small print and asking the experts for advice. There isn’t a plan except to avoid anything high maintenance and mix up the color, proportion, and textures. It is a wonderful fusion of new and old, tall and short, stalky and bushy, and keeps me green all year round! Take a look at some shots here. MG