Siberian Squills (Scilla siberica) are one of my favorite spring flowers.
The color they have is simply striking and they are so easy to grow. They usually spread and form a beautiful blooming blanket.
Still waiting the warmer weather up here in the north. Today the weather has been cool and we even got some snow flakes from the sky.
Happy Mother’s Day day to all moms! It is celebrated up here on the second Sunday of May each year.
It is slowly getting a bit warmer up here in the north. Days are already long but still few weeks before we can start gardening.
Bought a new pot of Garden Grape-hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) to the balcony and once they have bloomed they end up to the garden.
Enjoy the Easter holidays!
Love the light blue color the Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) have.
The summer has not been the best possible for them even though they are easy to grow. This plant grows best in loose, organically rich, well-drained acidic soil in full sun to part shade.
The garden pollinators also love this flower
Usually you have Bilberries or you don’t. This year is a third year in a row when we have good crop. Cannot remember that happening before, two good years but never three.
Bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) are also called European blueberries. Bilberry is a wild species, native to forests of Northern Europe and very hard to cultivate.
European blueberries have dark red, strongly fragrant flesh and red juice that turns blue. Compared to American blueberries that have white or translucent, mildly fragrant flesh. The taste is also different, although it has similarities.
Cannot wait to bake a blueberry pie. It is one of my favorite pies.
It is a rainy day up here in the north. We have had cool weather for the past two weeks but tomorrow it should start warming up.
I am spending the week in the summer cottage and starting the planting season. Plenty of things to do and not much to see yet in the garden.
The winter seems to have been a good one for the plants and nearly all of them have survived. We went down to -30 degrees Celsius but that is not too much.
The Siberian Squills (Scilla Siberica) are at their best at the moment and are usually one of the first ones to start the blooming season. I just love the blue color they have in the blooms. It is so bright and strong.
The spring flowers are finally starting to bloom up here in the north.
The week long warm period has done wonders to the nature. Though it will be cooler from now on, which is not a bad thing because the blooms last longer in the cold weather.
Garden Grape-hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) is blooming in my balcony but it will still take a week or so them to bloom in the garden.
It has been awhile since I have had any Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) growing.
It is a native plant for the region and I remember it from the childhood.
Nowadays you can have it in several different colors but the blue one is the original color.
The Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) started blooming a bit later this year because of the cold spring.
Bees and butterflies love the flowers and during a sunny day there is a constant buzzing going on.
One of the most reliable annuals I grow and starts blooming early, usually around the midsummer up here in the north.
Wild blueberries started to bloom today and the summer cottage is now surrounded by butterflies, honeybees and bumblebees all having a feast.
It has been long time since I have seen this many of them and to me it appears that the populations have recovered.
Also the Siberian Squills (Scilla Siberica’) are blooming. Simply adore the blue color they have.
There are so many different color options for Violets (Viola) but I think that I now have the ones selected for this summer.
I have been going to different shops and finding out the options for this season.
Will have most of them in pots in the summer cottage, now that the isolation of the capital area is over and it seems that we are able to travel again.
Still more than a week to go before I will have a long weekend to spend over there. Simply cannot wait time to pass.
Gardening in the North 