Flowers

Been a while. This is the site I used for the one year gardens last year. Much better this year. Great hydrangeas. The new wall and plantings look nice, but in a year or two they will be spectacular. All perennials. jc

January 2010

I missed December 1st in all the excitement of rehearsals and whatnot, But these are quite nice. It hasn't been the year I expected, but the next one begins. jc

November 1

Not too bad, but almost time to clean everything up. jc

October 1

I moved some of the big hydrangeas that had failed to flower this year as I had pruned them late to try and keep them short, and replaced them with shorter varieties. (penny mac in the front, and glowing ember in the back.)
There should be one more month of flowering, and then suddenly all brown. jc

One year

A bit late this month as I was away on the 1st, and busy enough on the 31st that I forgot. Nice hibiscus by the front door. jc

Same place

More pretty flowers from the "one year" house. Crocosmia (I love these) and the traditional black-eyed susan. The rabbits devour them if they find them emerging, but apparently these were not an the bunny trail.
I had dance performances this week, and have gotten very little actual work done. Plus my blackberry is having problems. Think I will get an iphone, since I use a mac anyway. jc

One year

These are the lilies at the "one year" house, with crocosmia in front. They are about a month late, but it worked out well because the people who own them are just getting here now. I know I just posted a version of the second shot, but I love the composition of the impatiens under the bloodgood maple, and the light was really good today. jc

August 1

Finally the flowers have appeared. The oriental lilies are not out yet, so I will just have to put them into separate posts. The petunias in the front gardens are climbing right through the roses. The hydrangeas did not flower this year. I cut them back too far I guess. I may put in a shorter variety. jc

Happy Fourth of July.
I know the weather can't be used as an excuse, but we had the fourth least amount of sun for one month on record. Not excessive rain; just cloudy. And four and a half degrees below average temp. There should be far more flowers. I guess it means all the more for later. Still pretty where the flowers appear, and the forms work. jc

June 1

Not quite as much color as I expected for June 1. The last two weeks have been a bit cool, but things are healthy. It will make July 1 all that more impressive. jc

May 1

Actually, April 30th, as I was away May 1st and couldn't get photos. The place is coming alive. June 1st, flowers everywhere. jc

April 1

Aaah, spring on Cape Cod. There is a tiny bit of activity. The lilies are showing some green. The big changes start now. (The photos are a bit dull as I had to take them with my Blackberry. My luggage, with my camera, didn't join me when I got back from Charleston.) jc

March 1

A lovely cold, raw, late winter day on Cape Cod. This is the Cape at its least pleasant. The greens will begin to appear in the April photos, and by May the changes come quickly. The stone rectangles above the wall are the vegetable and herb gardens. jc

February 1

The gardens and stonework take their shapes from the curves and eddies of moving water. They are best seen from the deck, from which one also has the best view of the water beyond the fence. jc

January 1 journal photos

A bright, cold day. Nice winter storm New Year's Eve. A good way to start the photo series. You can see little more than the bones of the gardens. Beyond the fence is Pleasant Bay. The shape of the walls and the patterns on the ground are drawn from the movement of the water; a tidal current with eddies, and the overlapping waves on the shore. You can see that a bit in the photo of the front of the house. The curves are low stone walls. The patterns will become more apparent in time. (The straight wall was pre-existing.)