Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – November 2018
I thought I would join with this „meme“ (not really a meme) of posting pictures of blooms in the garden every 15th of the month hosted by May Dreams Garden. Maybe it will encourage me to post more...
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After a couple of harder frosts (-3°C/27°F), there aren’t many blooms left in the garden. A very nice winterbloomer is Viburnum tinus. It got lots of buds, and some of them already opened. Arbutus...
View ArticleFoliage First! – January 2019
I’m starting this new feature „Foliage First!“, which is inspired by the hashtag #foliagefirst on Instagram. I participated in Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day and thought to myself: in winter, the foliage...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – January 2019
First Bloom Day of the year – and there aren’t many blooms to show. Winter here in Central Europe so far has been mild but too cold for many of the winter bloomers in my garden. I probably have to get...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – February 2019
We’re having very pleasant weather which seems to be staying for a while. With a bit of luck this means that winter’s over. It would be the mildest winter since maybe four years! I’m keeping my fingers...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – March 2019
Spring is on its way! Finally there are some blooms in the garden again, after the very meager winter months. With the meme „Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day“ (GBBD) we’re showcasing every month the blooms...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – April 2019
It has been a lovely spring in Switzerland, so far. Twice, we had almost-frost nights, but there was no damage done to the emerging foliage and blooms. In this blog post, I’m featuring the blooms in my...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – May 2019
After a hot April, May has been cool so far in Zurich, Switzerland, with a couple of almost-frosts, luckily without any damage. The cool weather has slowed the plants‘ development in my garden. Still,...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – July 2019
Summer has been a rollercoaster so far: A hot June with temps rising to 35°C and a cool, srping-like July. The plants in my garden (Zurich, Zone 7b) are growing on hyperdrive. Everything is green, but...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – September 2019
We’re having glorious late summer weather with plenty of warmth and sunshine here in Switzerland. The nights are getting noticeably cooler, though. Here in my 7b zone climate, frost seems to still be...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – October 2019
It’s definitely autumn now, here in my 7b zone garden in Switzerland. We had plenty of rain this october, but also some very nice warm and sunny days above 20°C/70°F. No frosts yet and none on the...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – November 2019
We had our first, light frosts this week. Otherwise it has been cold, grey and wet here in Switzerland in my 7b zone garden. There aren’t many blooms left, now it’s gonna be the time for the winter...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – December 2019
In my zone 7b garden in Switzerland, the weather has been quite mild: No snow up until now, just a few harder frosts to -3°C (26°F). Still, many plants stopped blooming. My garden doesn’t have a lot of...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – January 2020
Happy New Year! The start to this new decade has been very mild here in my zone 7b garden in Switzerland. We hadn’t any frosts below -4°C/25°F and mostly only light ones; and no snow either! Let’s hope...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – February 2020
Belated Happy Bloomday! This winter has been extremely mild. No snow, no hard frosts. Some plants bloom exceptionally early. Let’s get started with this month’s Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day. In this...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – March 2020
It’s quite an early spring, here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). There is already much going on in the garden, after this very mild winter and quite warm February. We had only one day with...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – April 2020
Blue sky, all day, every day. This has been our weather in Zurich, Switzerland (USDA zone 7b), almost constantly since the beginning of March. No rain. It’s been very dry. But the blooms in the garden...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – May 2020
After a hot and dry April, May has been milder in Zurich, Switzerland (USDA zone 7b). This week has been cool and very wet, so the blooms in my garden don’t look their best. But I still want to share...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – June 2020
Another month, another Bloom Day! And again, it has been a rainy couple of weeks here in Zürich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), though there was a dry spell in-between the Bloom Days. Because of the...
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Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – July 2020
It’s the middle of summer here in Zurich, Switzerland (USDA zone 7b). So far the weather has been mild for this season, not cool, but pleasantly mild with temps around 25°C/77°F. Sunny with the...
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