Garden photos part — a quick note to anchor this piece for readers.
Garden photos part: Quick notes
Happy Monday GPODers!
We are kicking off the week where we left off last week, with some beautifully “random” garden photos from Lee in the Mohawk Valley of New York state. If you missed Friday’s post (Be sure to check it out if you did: Part 1), Lee is still waiting for spring to arrive in his garden this year, but there is plenty of garden beauty to look back on in the meantime.
Yup, I’m bored. The snow is gone in central New York State in the Mohawk Valley, but the temperature has been, eh. It’s going to be a while before there’s any color to speak of, but that’s March for us.
With that said, and knowing it’s going to be a while before we see the “real thing” in the form of big, colorful blooms, I’m going to break up my boredom and drop some random, older pictures to ya just because. If there was a better reason, I’d say it, but I don’t have one.
So to all of those people who are twiddling their thumbs a bit before we can really get out there and do our thing, I’ll distract from your twiddle with a few pics. Nothing special by any means—just a distraction, a diversion, if you will. We’ll show our patience in these cooler zones—we’ll get there—in fine fashion and style, as always.
Peace from the Mohawk Valley in central New York.
Color has been slow to emerge in the northeast this year, but soon enough our gardens will be filled with vibrancy. Lee’s garden is always flower-filled and lively, with gorgeous selections like this bright pink weigela—potentially the cultivar Wine & Roses® (Weigela florida ‘Alexandra’, Zones 3–9).
Lee also manages to capture interesting perspectives and unexpected moments of beauty in his garden (This submission is another great example: Lee’s Garden Through the Eyes of an Ant). A shattered pane of glass is not what we want to see in the garden, but for a short while it created a fascinating backdrop for this lily and allowed for this cool photo.
Lee certainly has an eye for the unexpected, but he can recognize classic garden beauty, too. This border of bountiful poppies are the perfect orange-red hue to pair wonderfully with the ‘Emerald Blue’ creeping phlox below (Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’, Zones 3–9).
Lee’s cats seem to enjoy his lilies as much as we do!
Some of the most beautiful moments in the garden cannot be planned or expected. Mushrooms on the trunk of a tree can be a red flag for decay happening inside, but this dryad’s saddle AKA pheasant’s back mushroom (Cerioporus squamosus) is a really stunning sign of distress.
Thank you so much for fighting back our boredom by submitting these gorgeous photos, Lee! I hope we don’t have to wait too much longer for some of this beauty to emerge again, and I look forward to seeing what new garden magic you will be sharing this year.
If you’re still waiting for the garden to come to life this year, consider fighting off the garden blues with us by submitting your old garden photos. Look back at photos from last spring, or collect a random assortment of gorgeous garden moments to give us all a taste of what this year might have in store. Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!
We want to see YOUR garden!
Have photos to share? We’d love to see your garden, a particular collection of plants you love, or a wonderful garden you had the chance to visit!
To submit, fill out the Garden Photo of the Day Submission Form.
You can also send 5–10 photos to [email protected] along with some information about the plants in the pictures and where you took the photos. We’d love to hear where you are located, how long you’ve been gardening, successes you are proud of, failures you learned from, hopes for the future, favorite plants, or funny stories from your garden.
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We reference Garden photos part briefly to keep the thread coherent.
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Nice thought — I’ll remember that. Saving it.
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Small note – Such a gentle approach — I really like it.
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