https://yisgarden.com/ A journal of one backyard's flowers through the seasons. en-us Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://yisgarden.com/posts/june-roses https://yisgarden.com/posts/june-roses Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/apricot-english-rose.jpg" alt=""></p><p>The climbing rose buried its trellis, an apricot English rose stole the show, and one rose came striped like peppermint.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/azaleas-and-tree-peony https://yisgarden.com/posts/azaleas-and-tree-peony Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/salmon-azalea.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Three azaleas in three shades of pink, plus the raspberry-red tree peony that stops sidewalk traffic every May.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/garden-after-dark https://yisgarden.com/posts/garden-after-dark Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/scotch-broom-lantern.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Solar lanterns, a camellia in the spotlight, Scotch broom glowing gold, and why I keep wandering outside in my slippers at 10 p.m.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/wisteria-week https://yisgarden.com/posts/wisteria-week Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/wisteria-night.jpg" alt=""></p><p>For about ten days each May the whole yard hangs in purple. The arbor disappears, the air smells like grape soda.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/tulip-roll-call https://yisgarden.com/posts/tulip-roll-call Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/tulips-muscari-row.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Every tulip I planted last November, graded honestly. The doubles surprised me, the stripes redeemed themselves.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/creeping-phlox-carpet https://yisgarden.com/posts/creeping-phlox-carpet Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/front-yard-fence-phlox.jpg" alt=""></p><p>The front border wakes up: creeping phlox in three colors, tulips punching through, and grape hyacinth filling every gap.</p> https://yisgarden.com/posts/kwanzan-cherry https://yisgarden.com/posts/kwanzan-cherry Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT <p><img src="https://yisgarden.com/images/kwanzan-cherry.jpg" alt=""></p><p>No tree on this street works harder for two weeks a year: pom-poms of double pink, then a snowstorm of petals.</p>