Soaring Sun Gardens

Soaring Sun Gardens I'm not a professional gardener but it is a passion. Join me as I share Nature's artistry My name is Pam and I live in Illinois, surrounded by corn fields.

I have always enjoyed playing in the dirt and now it's become a passion. I learn as I go. Some things work, some things do not. On this page, I will be holding weekly "Flower Tours", during which I will share up close photos of various floral beauties from my gardens. We get cold and snowy here in Illinois and while flowers are not viable outdoors during the winter here, Nature's beauty is still all around so plan to see photos from all seasons. Come along for the ride

Flower tour time!!! Happy June everyone!! We have a few new stars joining the show this week, including clematis, day l...
06/06/2026

Flower tour time!!! Happy June everyone!! We have a few new stars joining the show this week, including clematis, day lilies, and Shasta daisies. Hopefully you can grab your favorite frosty beverage, kick your feet up, and enjoy the show.

Peace, my friends ☮️ ✌️

Rose #2 ICU: for the second rose, I'm not very optimistic it will survive. This is a knockout rose and they are typica...
06/04/2026

Rose #2 ICU: for the second rose, I'm not very optimistic it will survive. This is a knockout rose and they are typically pretty tough. He has struggled the last couple years in my folks yard while other roses around him thrived. He had a couple little leaves but was definitely not in good shape. I bought my mom A new, replacement rose. Something to know about me is if a plant has a sign of life, I will do everything I can to save it. I'm not always successful but I try. When I saw this little rose and his 2 little leaves, I knew I would be taking him home with me. Digging him up, whew, hell of a root system, so he was seriously manhandled during the process. That doesn't help since he was already ailing. I got him home and didn't even have a place to put him. I ended up just finding a sunny place and Digging a hole. He's been planted about 3 weeks and I'm still not seeing new growth. There are a couple green canes so there is still life. I'm not giving up!! Stay tuned for more riveting updates lol 😆

Rose ICU #1: I have 2 different roses that I'm fighting hard to save. This one, i thought had died over the winter. Ab...
06/04/2026

Rose ICU #1: I have 2 different roses that I'm fighting hard to save. This one, i thought had died over the winter. About a month ago I cut all the dead canes off but left the stump for another day. A couple weeks later I went to dig it up and then I realized there was new growth!!. So he is in an ICU. I had to build a protective barrier as some furry little ass ate all the new sprouts. I kept watering and more sprouts have appeared. We shall see. I am optimistic that he can be saved if he can be protected from the varments. Stay tuned!!

Flower tour time!! Cannot believe we're already at the end of May. The rain faucet has shut off and the blast furnace is...
05/29/2026

Flower tour time!! Cannot believe we're already at the end of May. The rain faucet has shut off and the blast furnace is on Full force. I'm having to water every other day to keep these from burning up. Some roses and phlox have joined the cast and more are so close to blooming.

Grab your favorite frosty beverage, Kick your feet up, and enjoy the show.

Peace, my friends ✌️ ☮️

Flower tour time!! The tour took last week off so we have an even bigger show this week. Lots of new stars joining the c...
05/22/2026

Flower tour time!! The tour took last week off so we have an even bigger show this week. Lots of new stars joining the cast so hopefully you grab your favorite beverage, kick back and enjoy the show.

Peace, my friends ☮️ ✌️

Flower tour time!! Several nursery visits yielded some real stars. While it will take time to develop their full talent...
05/08/2026

Flower tour time!! Several nursery visits yielded some real stars. While it will take time to develop their full talent, they are still beautiful now. Grab your favorite cocktail, kick back and enjoy nature's artistry.

Peace, my friends. ☮️ ✌️

Flower tour time! The April showers are bringing May flowers. Next week, the tour will be bananas, as the nursery visi...
05/01/2026

Flower tour time! The April showers are bringing May flowers. Next week, the tour will be bananas, as the nursery visits have begun, but in the meantime, grab your favorite beverage, kick your feet up and enjoy this week's show.

Peace, my friends ☮️ ✌️

Life in the Midwest. The rule of thumb, in my neck of the woods, is you're safe to plant after mother's day. Well...this...
05/01/2026

Life in the Midwest. The rule of thumb, in my neck of the woods, is you're safe to plant after mother's day. Well...this spring has been pretty warm and my greenhouse seeds grew too well, so they either had to be planted or i was going to lose them. So, I took a chance and planted. Well, frost is now probable tonight and tomorrow. So, protection measures have been taken for the most vulnerable and now i hope for the best. Thankfully it's just frost and not a hard freeze forecasted.

Tour tomorrow!!

Flower tour time! Lots of rain and lots of early heat have things popping like crazy. Not many flowers yet, but getting ...
04/24/2026

Flower tour time! Lots of rain and lots of early heat have things popping like crazy. Not many flowers yet, but getting close. Still some kinda cool things to share. I hope you can grab your favorite beverage, kick back and enjoy the tour.

Peace, my friends ☮️ ✌️

With all of these warnings last night, some how the gardens escaped with no damage . So grateful as many others were not...
04/18/2026

With all of these warnings last night, some how the gardens escaped with no damage . So grateful as many others were not so fortunate. Peace, my friends ☮️ ✌️

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