May flowers

April showers bring May flowers and here it's no different.  I love my flowers and will miss them when we move.  But while I still have them lets take a walk and see them shall we?

 Although not planted or planned dandelions are quite the photographic and quite pretty in their own way.

 Next we start the daffodils....these are the bell of the garden.....the light colored ones are my favorite.

 Next come the Lily of the Valley...so small and delicate they are just starting to open up.

 Ahhh my delicate Lilac's are opening up and smelling wonderful....

 Then along comes the odd ball daffodil.....the dark one....it's amazingly beautiful.

 Another plant that is welcome but not planted are these viola's  I love the pretty yellow ones more than the purple ones that are abundant.

 Also blooming is the forsythia.....many people hate this bush cause of the pollen.  But I like it's pretty yellow flowers.

 Continuing along our journey is our Barberry bush and it's very tiny yellow red flowers.  They are hard to find along all the thorns and red-green leaves.

My pride and joy is the pink dogwood.  Such pretty flowers that come out long before any leaves.  So pretty and delicate looking.

So I hope you enjoyed today's walk through the front yard's show of flowers.  Until next time...have a wonderful weekend.

Signs of Spring

After a long hard winter spring is finally starting to show here at Irish Gardens.

Crocus finally popping out

Daffodils sprouting up

Its nice to see after the long hard winter we had that my flower did survive.

Whats starting to show up around tu gardens?

Week 12 in a NY garden

March 18-24 2013

Weather 39 degrees

Well the last month or so not much has been happening here.  Between snow being on the ground or just plain old cold weather not much happens outside.  But inside it's seed starting time now.  Last week we started our seeds here at Irish Gardens.  Lots of seeds.

So far 3 trays full of seeds are being started.  More to come but this is a start.

But thats not all thats going on this week here. 

The crocus and daffodils are starting to grow.  Now that all the snow is melted they have decided it's time to make their appearance.  Within a week or so we should have our first spring flowers blooming here.


So what are you doing in your garden this week?  Anything blooming?  Still under snow?  Or do you have lots of plants growing?  Let us know.

GBBD - March 2012

It's Bloom Day again and this month I am so happy because I have something to show off.   

 Inside the house my Hyacinths were blooming and smelling wonderful.

 Can't you just smell it?  So pretty too.

Even the blue ones decided to come out and play.

 A small Daffodil decided to pop up as well.

So delicate yet so pretty.

Although not planted here these guys just love the pot and have once again decided that it was time for them to bloom.  The container is outside and these guys just show up out of no where.....crazy violas

A bad picture but  the best I could get is my perrywinkle that has decided that it is spring enough outside to start growing and blooming.  Not a lot of flowers just a few but still.....in March?

Of course then you have these guys....Crocus.  They are the first to bloom in my yard and without fail they have done it again.  I just found the leaf part peaking through the leaves 2 days ago and not a bud in sight and yesterday and today check it out suddenly not only are there buds but flowers.  They are so pretty.

Well that's all for this months tour I hope you enjoyed it.  Sorry for the bad pictures.  But if you want to see more Gardens in Bloom this Garden Bloggers Bloom Day then head over to Carols blog May Dreams Gardens and see what else is blooming around the world.

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - May

It's the 15th of the Month.  Time to join Carol at May Dreams Gardens and many other Garden Bloggers in the joy of posting pictures of our gardens in bloom.  Although not part of this for very long I look fwd to it each and every month.  Hoping that each post I will get to show something different that is in bloom.  Although there are new blooms this month some are on plants featured last month.  But it doesn't matter. So to start the show we will begin with the houseplants.

 Not a new addition to the blog but the Polka Dot plants are blooming again.  This time a Purple color instead of Pink.

 A Spring Cactus.  Such pretty and different flowers.  These guys close up at night and open again each morning.

Another old timer is the Spider plant flowers.  Only difference this time is this particular flower is on my newer younger Ocean spider plant.

Here is a picture of the whole Ocean spider.  Very different variety from my other spider plant.







With the Houseplants in bloom taken care of it's time to head outside and take a look at what is going on.

 Although still a bud it's worth showing off.  The Peony's are gearing up for their show.

 Another bud worth showing off is from one of my rose bushes....2 of the 3 older ones have buds on them.

 This rose bush is new this year...Tiddly Winks.

 One of my new columbine.  Such pretty delicate flowers.

 The other new Columbine.

 Found growing in the gardens this year was this extreme miniature plant from the Narcissus family known as Jonquilla.

 Another bud begging to be shown is the Iris.  After watching the leaves grow it was a great joy and surprise to find that many are now sporting buds.

 Silly Pansy plant decided that it really liked IrishGardens and came back this year.  Although the foliage is very sparse the flowers are not.

 The other Pansy plant that came back.  There were 4 and although the other 2 show some signs of foliage only 2 have truly come back and bloomed.

 Lily of the Valley.  These were transplanted from my Mothers Garden.  They survived the transplant well and still bloomed.

 The latest in the Hope Blooms Tulips to show off it's color.

 Just cause I love the way they look more of the Tulips.

 A new container I planted Mothers Day.  Containing a Mini Rose bush....with Apricot blooms and a Brazilian Jasmine vine with pink blooms.

 Although hard to see a areal view of my Garden in the front.  I call it the Rose garden as to the left and still part of the garden is my 3 main rose bushes.  but the Columbine, Lily of the Valley, and Tulips and Daffodils are also located in this garden and picture.


Looking down at the gardens show a lot of beauty but now lets take a look up....at the Show stoppers.

 Although not quite high enough to look up at the Magnolia tree is looking good and it's single bloom is a real joy to see.

 Simple yet beautiful one of my Dogwood tree's is in full bloom now.

 Beautiful doesn't begin to describe this Lilac tree....the smell of the blooms alerts visitors to it's presence long before the sight does.

Nestled in the back by the Gas tanks is what I believe to be a Crabapple tree in full bloom.  So incredibly beautiful.  If it wasn't part of the big shaded area in the back yard that seems to house the mosquito's it would be my thinking spot.

So thats my May edition of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.  I hope you like what you saw.  If not oh well I did.

Each Month Carol Hosts this beautiful meme over at May Dreams Gardens and hundreds join in.  So to see more blooming Garden's stop on over and take a hour or so to click through the virtual Gardens.

Mosaic Monday

Happy Monday everyone.  Today I wanted to show off a little bit of the spring around my Gardens.

Just little bits of spring.  Little Red House hosts this meme of Mosaic Monday.  Sounded like fun so I wanted to join.  Just in case anyone wondered starting at the top left and working clockwise here is what each picture is
1- Bromeliad
2- Viola
3- Crocus
4- Christmas Cactus - Or maybe should be Easter Cactus.
5- Begonia
6- Chocolate Mint
7- Polka-dot plant
8- Viola
9- Schizanthus
10- Tomato
11- Daffodil
12- Spider plant flower
In the center
13- My Greenhouse turning more green every day