Helleborus ‘Carousel’ in the Spring bed in bloom today.
Welcome to Havenwood!
Glad you can talk a little walk around our one-acre garden in northwestern PA, zone 5 today! Half of our property is in the shade and half in the sun, some of it very wet and some dry, so we have a wide variety of plants growing in each season. We are ahead of the normal bloom schedule this spring and there is a lot to look at right now, with more opening up every minute.
I’ll walk you around by area. Some of these gardens I have already written about in detail, and some are still to come. I’ll add the links for the ones with articles so you can learn more about Havenwood! (Here are some before photos.)
Hellebore Hill & Spring Bed
Hellebore Hill is in full bloom this week. You can see how much these plants are reseeding after growing here for nearly a decade.
This yellow with a red eye is always one of the first Hellebores open each year. The pink is a gorgeous ruffled, and the white with red double was new last year.
Primula vulgaris in the soggy bottom of the Birch Walk. This was the first patch to have primula open this year.
Galathus 'Cedric's Prolific' is one of the last to bloom this year, and I have these bulbs potted up in an aquatic basket to protect them in the Birch Walk from voles and compaction..
Pink Primula vulgaris in the bottom of the BW.
Daffodil ‘Julia Jane’ seems happy so far in the turf of the Birch Walk.
Ipheion ‘Froyle Mill’
Daffodil Dell
Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ has been up for over a week in the Daffodil Dell, where we have planted hundreds of bulbs.
Narcissus ‘Topolino’ is my favorite at this time of year. We have added 400 more this year, and the newer bulbs are always slower than the older ones to come out, as they need to make up all of the root growth they were missing in October/Nov when they were planted.
We have had a wonderful year for the Crocus lawn at our first garden, Gilmore Gardens, so I thought I would end with a glimpse! It is just a mile away, and we still own that garden and rent the house out to three ladies, all of whom seem to love living in a garden.
Naturalized Crocus tommasinianus at Gilmore Gardens.
I just learned about the "stinzenplanten" a couple of weeks ago at the Galanthus Gala, and I realized that we have our own stinzen at Gilmore! There is a mounded drop-off from the back garden where these crocus are tumbling down the hill into the curb.
Thanks for joining me!
Linking this flowery walk around with Carol for GBBD, which is the 15th of each month.
Love to hear what is blooming in your garden this month!
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I love hellebores and I have been lucky to have some in quite a few of the gardens of our rental homes over the years. It shows that a gardener lived there at some point. Now that we live on the coast, my expectations of plants is different and so your photos have given me a lovely nostalgic feeling. I had a chuckle at the 'Deer Resistant' label but like you with your voles who menace the bulbs, we have naughty Peter Rabbits and wombats. Thank you. Just delightful!
We’re in East Texas so our daffodils are here and gone. But now the redbuds are going strong, and the white dogwoods are opening up. The wisteria is going is strong (it’s definitely a weed here!) and I just noticed red clover and coral Indian Paintbrush starting. It’s a bit early for those here, too.
I love hellebores and I have been lucky to have some in quite a few of the gardens of our rental homes over the years. It shows that a gardener lived there at some point. Now that we live on the coast, my expectations of plants is different and so your photos have given me a lovely nostalgic feeling. I had a chuckle at the 'Deer Resistant' label but like you with your voles who menace the bulbs, we have naughty Peter Rabbits and wombats. Thank you. Just delightful!
We’re in East Texas so our daffodils are here and gone. But now the redbuds are going strong, and the white dogwoods are opening up. The wisteria is going is strong (it’s definitely a weed here!) and I just noticed red clover and coral Indian Paintbrush starting. It’s a bit early for those here, too.