Who would have thought 100 years ago that a donation of peonies by Dr. We. E. Upjohn, founder of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would expand to a 27-bed garden filled with blooming flowers attracting people from all over the Midwest?
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Upjohn’s gift and our recent weather couldn’t be nicer for a visit to the peony garden.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Celebrating the Centennial of the University of Michigan Peony Garden
After years of having my snowdrops (spring flower bulbs) blooming in the first week of January or early February, they returned this year to what was once their regular bloom time: early March.
Glad to finally see them in bloom!
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Snowdrops in Bloom, Finally
Imagine my surprise this week when I looked in the vegetable garden and saw my cilantro was still growing!
Typically in southeast Michigan, we get cooler temperatures and snow in early to late November. And we did get a couple snow showers in November, including one snow shower of three inches of snow.
Snowy weather and cooler temperatures would have killed any cilantro.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cilantro from the Garden, in Michigan in December