Maria’s Québec Garden

Some favorite plants

My name is Maria Nieuwenhof . I acquire up on a dairy farm farm with parents who loved flush and grew a largevegetable garden . So when I got married it was only normal for me to do the same matter . I moved 17 years ago to a fresh home in Ormstown , in southeastern Québec , where I took the gardens that the former owner had started and survive to work slowly “ tweeking ” them to my hand . I do not have the names of many of the varieties of bloom ; lots of them were given to me by my father and protagonist . I usually fare home with something when I visit friends and their garden !

My favoritehostais ‘ Sum and Substance’(Hosta‘Sum and Substance ’ , Zones 3–8 ) , which has know the surfactant and cooler conditions this spring .

Bearded irises(Irishybrids , Zones 3–8 ) are a big part of my garden in outpouring . These yellow ones have been blooming for over a calendar month now .

I become these celandine poppies(Stylophorumdiphyllum , Zones 4–8 ) at a garden telephone exchange . They reseed themselves , but I test to keep them in bounds by pull a passel out before they reseed . barbate irises are in the background signal .

These oriental poppies(Papaverorientale , Zones 3–8 ) are blooming for the first time . Istarted them from seedslast year .

I also reseed this pink and livid dame ’s rocket(Hesperismatronalis , Zones 3–9 ) . I am trying to get it to go savage at the edge of my bush . It was given to me by a patient role of mine when I cultivate as a home - precaution nurse .

Here ’s my veg garden , 2023 , withBrussels sproutsandcabbagesunder floating row cover . I ’m trying that this yr because I had so many worms last year .

More bewhiskered iris

My columbines(Aquilegiahybrids , Zones 4–9 ) reseed themselves all over and fill in the gaps .

Lupins(Lupinuspolyphyllus , Zones 4–9 ) are growing in my front bed at the road , with Vanhoutte spireas(Spiraea × vanhouttei , Zones 3–8 ) blooming beautifully in the background .

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