Ellis Hollow Calendar Will Inspire Your Gardening

After I had posted about Katinka Matson’s digital flower scans, I tried it myself and so did several other garden bloggers. But, to the best of my knowledge, Craig Cramer of Ellis Hollow is the only one who, month after month, scans what’s blooming in his garden for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day.

Craig has created a calendar of his bloom day scans which he is selling at Zazzle. He lives in a moderately cold climate in upstate NY, so for cold climate gardeners these images are instructive as well as dramatic and beautiful. (By moderately cold I mean USDA Zone 4/5-ish.) You see, each page illustrates plants that bloom during a certain month in his garden. If you live in a cold climate as well, the images should give you some ideas for new plants to try or new combinations of plants you already grow. (I don’t believe the plants are listed on the calendar, but they are listed on the website.)

If you don’t live in a cold climate, his calendar will still be a thing of beauty in your home or office.

About Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children