Posy Gang

Same space, part shade, July and August.

My favourite Pink Star tulips from (and new favourite, Foxtrot), with a wandering euonymus and a happy caladium 🍉🍓🥝💛

Tulip season in 5 photos.

Some nice news on the darkest day of the year (and who couldn’t use a bit of light right now): with your help in purchasing Posy Gang calendars, I was able to donate $150 - each - to and .ca. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Gang! Happy Solstice — and oh, my goodness, may we please have some brighter days ahead!

In a cold climate like ours where gardens lie dormant for almost half the year, I’m appreciating more and more the importance of designing with winter at top of mind. What’s left to look good after the frost comes? Hopefully, strong bones. ⁣
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In this front yard garden, I’m relying pretty heavily on Calamagrostis Karl Foerster grasses to carry us through till spring. There’s more to enjoy up close - zoom in and swipe through for a look. I left behind a few sedum and echinacea seed heads for the birds; a thick, rattling stand of northern sea oats; English lavender (a bit wild and witchy in part sun, but I like the look); and a luscious clump of winter heath (Ericas, maybe) just beginning to bloom. ⁣
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Lately I’ve been dreaming of filling a landscape with swaths of burgundy sumac, chartreuse dogwoods, and layers upon layers (and more layers!) of grasses. Winter wonderland indeed! Anybody have some land just lying around that I could play with? 😛