Category: gardening
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I wanted color to the garden and bought some ice poppies (papaver croceum) to the garden last summer. Colors they have are bright and clear as so many poppies have. What I was surprised about was that they flowered through the whole summer. They even started before aquilegias and were still blooming in September. A…
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It is still cool and wet up here but the primroses are starting to bloom. Their vigorous colors brightening the flower bed just before the tulips start their show. The winter was not a good one for them and only less than half of them made it to the spring. I was so waiting to…
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Sometimes you just get lucky! When gardening you never know are you heading for a success or for a total failure. This time I accidentally managed to plant something beautiful. During Easter I always end up buying daffodils. They last few weeks in a pot and then you need to decide what to do with…
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Finally it begins to be warm enough in the north so you can run to a florist an buy the first violets. Something colorful to your balcony which can manage the cold nights and unpredictable weather. The days are now longer and active part of the year has started. And I sure have waited for…
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Time to relax a bit and enjoy life. Planning to visit my parents and spent some time with them next weekend. Here in the north it is still too early to plant anything but Easter is anyway a good excuse to buy few flowers. Managed to find a beautiful pot of daffodils from a flower…
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It is still one month before the first spring flowers start to bloom up here in the north. So in my search for spring I ended up booking a holiday trip to Amsterdam where the flowers are just starting their colorful show. When walking around the city I bought Pleione bulbs as a gift to…
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Past few days have been stunningly beautiful in the north. Sun is shining and snow reflects the rays. Best time of the winter. We still have two more months to go before the first spring flowers start to bloom. Cannot wait that long anymore. So during my Sunday walk I ended up buying hyacinths. Just…
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I simply could not resist the temptation. I had to try to construct one. In Pinterest I had seen so many wonderful creations and since it is winter time I cannot grow anything outside. When walking in a store I noticed a glass jar. It was large enough and the shape was something I had…
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I do not know why I keep on buying them. I enjoy their beauty only few months and then they are gone. But what flowers and colors they have. I have never managed to keep an orchid alive after it has bloomed. I guess the central heating and lack of light is just too much…
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One of my mom’s favorite flowers is cosmos. Originally she got the seeds from an old and a dear friend of hers. After that we have had them blooming every year. They have never failed her no matter what kind of summer we have had. The colors of cosmos are many and also I have…
Gardening in the North 