Category: gardening
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Today is the longest day of the year up here in the north. The night is only a bit longer than four hours. In other words lots of light available for the plants. The snowball bush (Viburnum opulus) is at its best and full of flowers. The Snowball is a very decorative shrub blooming with…
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The aquilegia season is here. Most of the varieties are at their best and blooming beautifully. It took me several years to grow the Bordeaux Barlow (Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata ‘Bordeaux Barlow’) from the seeds but now I have many of them. Up here in the north it usually takes three years before this variety…
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It has been quite cool start of the summer up here in the north. Not many warm days yet. Spending a week in the summer cottage and still need to burn wood in the fireplace to stay warm during the nights. The Snowdrop Windflowers (Anemone sylvestris) are blooming now. A bit beaten by the wind…
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I still have few pictures in my phone from the spring. Daffodils are now gone and we need to wait the whole year to see them again. Tahiti (Narcissus ‘Tahiti’) bloomed beautifully in May and managed to take a photo when they were at their best. Summer has finally arrived to the north. After a…
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I did not even remember planting few Princess Irene tulips (Tulipa ‘Princess Irene’) by the lake. The color of this variety is quite unique and beautiful. Makes me want to have more of them in the future. The Princess Irene is quite short Triumph tulip and likes full sun and well drained soil.
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Last autumn I ordered tulips from the Netherlands. Helmar (Tulipa ‘Helmar’) was one of those varieties. Helmar is a very distinctive Triumph tulip with wine red flames on a yellow base resembling the historic tulips painted during the golden age and that is why the group is also known as the Rembrandt tulips. The bulbs…
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Something new to the garden. Fell in love with the blooms Brachyscome (Brachyscome hybrida) has. It is a small flower, only about 15 centimeters tall at this point. It should double its hight during the summer. Placed it to full sun. The only problem is that it requires regular watering when placed like that and…
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It has been cool spring up here in the north and daffodils are still at their best. The late spring means that the tulip season is just about to begin. The Strikes (Narcissus ‘strike’) have enjoyed the coldness and are blooming by the lake. I do not have many vacation days this summer which has…
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It is always a bit tricky to grow Dahlias (Dahlia) up here in the north. They would need a longer summer to bloom well. This year I decided to buy ready grown plants instead of trying to grow them by myself. At least this way I am able to be sure that I can see…
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Siberian Squills (Scilla siberica) are one of my favorite spring flowers. The color they have is simply striking and they are so easy to grow. They usually spread and form a beautiful blooming blanket. Still waiting the warmer weather up here in the north. Today the weather has been cool and we even got some…
Gardening in the North 