Today's flower of the day is Coneflower Mac N' Cheese. This sunny yellow coneflower attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. A summer bloomer, it grows best in full sun for lucky zones 4-9.
Happy gardening!
Greetings from my Lavender Garden Cottage! I live in a lovely old 1890's cottage surrounded by beautiful flowers. I love the patina of old, worn, tarnished antiques and sell them in my Etsy shop. Welcome to my cottage lifestyle!
9.29.2011
New items in my Etsy Shop
I just added a few more new vintage items
Have a looksee...
Old Canning Jars with Rack
Vintage Crocheted Tablecloth
Bates Seafoam Spread with Pink Roses Sheet
Tile Tray
Old Wood Shoe Forms Or Lasts
Autumn Colored Apron for Baking
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Flower of the Day - Coral Daisy Hardy Mammoth Mums
Today's flower of the day is Coral Daisy Hardy Mammoth Mums. Mums are a fall favorite for decorating. They usually bloom in this fall standard colors of rust, gold, purple and deep red. But this beauty is a lovely soft coral pink color! Coral Daisy will grow up to 5' across in full sun to part shade for lucky zones 3-9.
Happy gardening!
9.28.2011
Flower of the Day - Himalayan Honeysuckle
Today's flower of the day is Himalayan Honeysuckle. This gorgeous flowering shrub has burgundy flowers with white tips peeking out above chartreuse green leaves. Grows best near wetlands in part or full sun for lucking zones 6-10.
Happy Gardening!
Dessert in the Garden...in Pink!
Dessert for 6 in the garden. Mixed pink roses
dish ware and linens.
9.27.2011
What's Blooming This Week - Water Hyacinths
As the garden winds down at the end of September, not much is blooming….except the water hyacinths! I grow these every year in my large pot/water feature with solar fountain and this is the first year they have bloomed. Every summer I buy these and am reassured by the seller that these will bloom. Well, this summer, er, late September, they have (finally) bloomed!
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9.26.2011
Flower of the Day - Cleome Senorita Rosalita
Today's flower of the day is Cleome Senorita Rosalita. This pretty annual has lavender-pink blooms from June through October. It grows 2-4 feet tall and grows best in full sun for all zones.
9.23.2011
Flower Bulb of the Day - Snow Fire Tulip
Today’s flower bulb of the day is Snow Fire Tulip. This stunning tulip has a sriking red and white design. Like most bulbs, it should be planted in a low watering area. It blooms in late spring in lucky zones 3-8.
Happy gardening!
Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for spring blooms!
9.22.2011
Flower Bulb of the Day - Strawberry Margarita Daffodil
Today’s flower bulb of the day is Strawberry Margarita Daffodil. This stunning daff has a deep salmon pink cup surrounded by soft yellow petals. Like most bulbs, it should be planted in a low watering area. It blooms in mid-spring in lucky zones 3-8.
Happy gardening!
Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for spring blooms!
Autumn Garden Dinner
There’s still a few weeks left for dinner in the garden here in Ohio
Bon appetite!
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9.21.2011
Flower Bulb of the Day - Saffron Fall Crocus
Today’s flower bulb of the day is Saffron Fall Crocus. This crocus is prized for its stigmas that flavor paellas and other Mediterranean dishes. You can grow your own and harvest in the fall! The stigmas are the 3 yellow things in the center of the bloom. It blooms in late summer to fall in lucky zones 5-8.
Happy gardening!
Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for next years blooms!
9.20.2011
New in My Etsy Shop
I’m filling my Etsy shop with lots of pretty new, old items!
Have a peek…
Vintage 50's beaded cardigan
Another vintage 50's beaded top
Set of 8 vintage 1932 Art Deco salad forks
Antique cast iron pulley
Charming clear glass vintage fairy light
Antique brass claw foot tub soap and sponge holder
Old feed sack apron
Only 94 more shopping days till Christmas!
Have you shopped yet?
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Flower Bulb of the Day - Persian Blue Allium
Today’s flower bulb of the day is an allium: Persian Blue Allium. This uniquely shaped flower is comprised of hundreds of tiny blue flowers in a circular shape. Like most bulbs, it should be planted in a low watering area. It blooms in late spring in lucky zones 3-8.
Happy gardening!
Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for spring blooms!
9.19.2011
Flower Bulb of the Day - Greenland Tulip
Today’s flower bulb of the day is a tulip: Greenland Tulip. This pretty pink tulip has a green stripe on each petal. Like most bulbs, it should be planted in a low watering area. It blooms in late spring in lucky zones 3-8.
Happy gardening!
Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for spring blooms!
What's Blooming This Week...Pots & Pumpkins
It’s early fall and most of the perennial flowers have faded away to seed heads. There are a few blooms on the butterfly bush to feed the hummingbirds passing through but not enough to photo. Some of the annuals are still blooming and the mums are just starting. Let’s take a peek at early fall at the cottage…
Stacked pumpkins on an old porch table.
This pot has greeted me everyday since May.
These hydrangeas are prettier than when they first bloomed.
This lavender brushes my ankles along the front walk and makes the porch smell delicious!
The lavender puts on a second show.
Welcome visitor to the "herb garden" out back.
Daisy relaxes on the porch rocker.
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9.16.2011
Flower of the Day - Caroline Vandenburg Tall Hybrid Blue Phlox
Today's flower of the day is Caroline Vandenburg Tall Hybrid Phlox. I'm ending blue flower week with a true stunner! This tall blue phlox has a sweet fragrance that is loved by butterflies and hummingbirds. It blooms from mid-summer to early fall in full sun to part shade for lucky zones 4-8.
Happy gardening!
9.15.2011
Flower of the Day - Himalayan Blue Poppy
Today's flower of the day is Himalayan Blue Poppy. It's blue flower week and today's bloom will not disappoint! Also known as Tibetan Blue, this elusive blue poppy is perfect for shade gardens. It grows 3-4 feet tall and thrives in cool, humid conditions for lucky zones 4-8.
Happy gardening!
9.14.2011
Early Autumn Dinner in the Garden Tablescape
Early autumn is a perfect time to have dinner in the garden: the weather is still warm, the sun is still up and the garden is still blooming in lovely fall colors!
Vintage restaurant plates, enamel pot as drink cooler, minty green linen tablecloth and strawberry basket filled with gourds.
Interested in any of these items?
Check my Etsy shop!
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Flower of the Day - Borage
Today's flower of the day is Borage. This flowering herb has lovely star shaped edible blooms that are wonderful in salads or floating in drinks! Borage is an annual that will sometimes reseed its self the following year. It grows best in full sun to part shade for all zones.
Happy gardening!
Yum!
9.13.2011
Creamy White Crochet & Linen Antique Spread
This is such a pretty antique spread!
Small sections of soft linen were carefully placed between huge sections of hand crochet - an incredible amount of work!
The crochet has a basket weave style with flowers woven into the basket weave.
The entire gorgeous (and heavy!) spread is trimmed in a delicate crochet ribbon around the edge.
Find it in my Etsy Shop!
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Flower of the Day - Virginia Bluebells
Today's flower of the day is Virginia Bluebells. The blooms on this pretty flower start out pink and turn a lovely shade of blue when it opens. They bloom from spring into summer in well drained soil in full to part shade for lucky zones 3-9.
Happy gardening!
9.12.2011
Flower of the Day - Mittelmeer Dwarf Aster
Today's flower of the day is Mittelmeer Dwarf Aster. This daisy-like blue flower blooms in late summer to early fall right along with your fall mums. A deer resistant perennial, it grows best in part shade to full sun for lucky zones 4-8.
Happy gardening!
What's Blooming in the Garden - After a Week of Gray and Drizzle...
After a week of gray and drizzle, (a week in which I was on vacation and intended to do numerous outdoor photo shoots which did not happen (*@%#!) not that I am bitter...), let's both wander out to the garden and have a peek at what's blooming...
Toad Lilies...a September surprise!
A Balloon Flower ready to pop!
The palest pink Balloon Flowers already popped.
The heirloom Heavenly Blue Morning Glory (notice the water droplets...sigh...)
Grandpa Ott's Morning Glory, another heirloom.
The sweet smelling Autumn Flowering Clematis behind the neighbors barn.
A field of Morning Glories behind the neighbors barn...oops, how did those get there...wink, wink!
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