I do love the fragrance of lavender. I can't get enough of it. But when a friend of a friend gave me this lavender plant on Monday, I knew my love of lavender had gone too far. You see, this particular strain of lavender bears my name, Jean Davis.I know it wasn't named after me, for crying out loud. To be honest, I first heard of this lavender strain several years ago, when a student gave me a Jean Davis lavender plant. That was before I knew how to care for lavender, and it died after a season or two.
So I'm glad to have this plant to add to my other two lavenders in the garden. Both of them are the "Munstead Strain," which is more easily found at greenhouses in southern Maine. The friend of a friend said she found this at Longfellow's Greenhouses in Manchester, ME, near Augusta. That's a garden center I hope to visit some day.
From my knitting department, the Mondo Cable Pulli is showing signs of actually nearing completion. Once I overcame the need to read directions only partially and knit on past key points, resulting in much raveling, I've been pleased to see progress. The second sleeve is coming along nicely. After that I'll add the neckline finishing detail and voila! a warm wool sweater for this next Maine winter, which, unfortunately, isn't all that far away.
Days are growing shorter and soon there will be the sound of crickets singing in the grass as well as golden rod in full bloom. That always means there's no turning back: winter is approaching.
How funny that it bears your name!!! : }
ReplyDeleteI also love lavendar and have a good size patch of munstead and another I can never remember for the life of me!!!
Once you go to Longfellows Greenhouse and gift shop you'll surely go back again!! It is an must trip for my friends and I ever spring and of course we end up going again for that plant we wish we had picked up the first time!!!
The sweater looks great and we know of course winter will surely come. I have already seen some goldenrod in bloom and heard crickets....I hope thats not any sign!!
winter coming that sounds inviting it's 108 here and 80 degrees at 7 am.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is neat to have a plant bearing one's name. The sweater is looking good. By the way, last night the crickets were going strong and I mentioned to Mark that it sounded like August already...and there is goldenrod here!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention the Queen Anne's Lace is in full bloom, too; a sure sign summer's on its way out. Seems like it only just arrived.
ReplyDeleteWe're a little behind schedule here in the northwest due to our cold spring. I am loving the flush of summer flowers and have no intention of even thinking about shorter days and the coming of winter. Summer is still just arriving!
ReplyDeleteI'll be on the next plane to Maine. Two days of summer is about all I can stand. I would love to start thinking winter is coming soon but since we've only had 3 days of summer it may be further off for us. I love fall, winter, and spring. Forget about summer.
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