Gardening in the North
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Autumn has been beautiful. Sunny days and only few rainy ones. The nights are already cold but some of the flowers are still standing. Spent the whole day outside enjoying the colors of October and planting bulbs for the spring. Hope they make it through the winter. Was not that successful last year and have…
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Twilight Zone sunflowers made it and finally started to bloom. This was the first summer I planted them. A successful experiment even though part of them were lost to moles who seem to be numerous this year. As a variety it is small and short. A tiny spectacle among larger sunflowers with a bit peculiar…
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My Verdi Glory finally started to bloom in the balcony. It took from the dahlia three months to start the show but it has finally started. This summer has not been a good one for dahlias. Just the opposite of the last summer that made all the dahlias thrive. At least all mine seem to…
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It is always nice to try something new in the garden but as important is to have something that you can count on. A flower that will not fail you no matter the weather. Mallow has been there for decades and each summer it blooms with beautiful pink flowers. The only thing you need to…
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This is the second summer when I can enjoy sunflowers blooming early. Happy that I found Ruby. It grows fast and starts blooming as early as in July. About a month earlier than any other variety I have tried. The color of the flower is nearly brown when it opens and it changes to a…
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This is the first summer that I have planted irises. I do not know why I have not tried them before. To my surprise I managed to keep them alive. Well not exactly all of them made it. I planted some in the autumn and some in the spring. Unfortunately none of the ones I…
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My first Xanthos started to bloom today. A new cosmos variety I have tried for the first time and I think it just became a longtime acquaintance. Yellow is a totally new color to me when it comes to cosmos. This year seems to be dedicated to annuals. I lost so many perennials last winter…
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My geranium finally started to bloom! It took months from the flower to recover from the darkness of a long winter. The poor thing looked pathetic in the spring – pale and dry. I started it from a seed and managed to enjoy its beauty last summer. Nice thing about the nano series is that…
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Sometimes it is just fun to enjoy nature’s own creations. Waterlilies are blooming beautifully and all you need to do is to enjoy the show. Nothing you need to do. No planting or watering just an easy part of the garden that takes care of itself. Waterlilies are a natural part of the nature here…
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I do not know why but I have always loved columbines. I used to have only one pink variety which my grandmother had had for many years. I started to calculate that the variety must have been here more than seventy years. As a child I used to like collecting the aquilegia seeds. That must…
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