One of my favourites. I wish I had a quiet grove filled with these...
Jun 11, 2009
My flowers 16: Geum coccineum "Borisii"
My mother bought this from the local market and planted this around 1987. Apparently it loves the soil of our garden.
My flowers 15: Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila
So tiny and sweet. Really hard to take photographs of it, because it's just about 10 cm tall :)
My flowers 14: Bleeding heart
One of my favourites. My Granny had one of these, a huge one, when I was a kid, but it disappeared during one of the coldest winters. Hopefully this survives, it's only three years old.
My flowers 13: peony
My granny planted this peony decades ago. It might be Sarah Bernhardt... It's so beautiful!
Jun 10, 2009
My roses 1: Maidens Blush?
This is the one I am not sure about. Could it be Rosa alba Maidens Blush? I got a tiny root sprout of it from my friend's garden and apparently it has been in her garden "always". The blossoms are nearly white, but turn later to be more and more pink. The fragrance is heavenly!
Sadly the hares liked how it tasted this winter and it was nearly all gone. No blossoms this summer :(
Some of my old fashioned roses
I love old roses! There are five of them in this border at the moment.
Rosa Pimpinellifolia "Linnanmäki", Rosa Pimpinellifolia "Poppius", Rosa Pimpinellifolia "Papula", Rosa 'Splendens' "Valamonruusu" and one which I am not sure about.
My flowers 12: Aquilegia 'William Guinness'
From seed. Lovely, but awfully hard to take photos of :)
My flowers 11: Geranium 'Splish Splash'
This is one of my favourite plants, even when it rains all the time (like it did last summer). I bought the seeds from Thompson & Morgan. Only one seed germinated, but that's enough. The plant is huge :)
My flowers 6: Lilium martagon
I dag 15 of these from my previous home's backyard before we moved out. The house was built in 1880 something and there were some old flowers still hidden all around the backyard. There were hundreds and hundreds of these! Anyway, I took 15 with me in 2003 and now there are over 30 of them :)
My flowers 5: Miss Willmott's Ghost
I have sown this beautiful, but spikey Eryngium giganteum from seed. I think I bought the seed from Thompson & Morgan four years ago and it has been surprisingly hardy. Later it turns to be all grey, like all the proper ghosts :)
My flowers 4: Iris
Lovely yellow Iris. I have sown this from seed, but can't remember which Iris it was. I have lost my "very important book" with all the previous seed information and therefore can't remember a thing. Sigh.
My flowers 3: They're like candy
like candy
Originally uploaded by Taiga the Fox
Peppermints? Bellis perennis meets Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. bulbosum 'Variegatum'
Sep 21, 2008
My Flowers 2: Heuchera americana "Dale's Strain"
Botanical Name: Heuchera americana 'Dale's Strain'
Common Name: Alumroot
Finnish Name: Keijunkukka
Heuchera americana "Dale's Strain"
Originally uploaded by Taiga the Fox
This Heuchera has amazingly green foliage heavily veined with silver and bronze. Selected by Dale Hendricks from a wild population he found in the mountains of North Carolina. The small blooms are white, but are hardly visible because of the striking marbled foliage.
I got mine as a really small seedling from some lovely person I met through a garden chat 4 years ago.
It has taken some time to grow, but during this summer the plant finally was big enough making a lovely combination with Heuchera 'Palace Purple'.
Exposure: Very shade and drought tolerant
Hardiness: Hardy in USDA zones 4-7
Noteworthy characteristics: Attracts bees.
Common Name: Alumroot
Finnish Name: Keijunkukka
Heuchera americana "Dale's Strain"
Originally uploaded by Taiga the Fox
This Heuchera has amazingly green foliage heavily veined with silver and bronze. Selected by Dale Hendricks from a wild population he found in the mountains of North Carolina. The small blooms are white, but are hardly visible because of the striking marbled foliage.
I got mine as a really small seedling from some lovely person I met through a garden chat 4 years ago.
It has taken some time to grow, but during this summer the plant finally was big enough making a lovely combination with Heuchera 'Palace Purple'.
Exposure: Very shade and drought tolerant
Hardiness: Hardy in USDA zones 4-7
Noteworthy characteristics: Attracts bees.
Sep 17, 2008
My flowers 1. Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan'
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan' Common Name: White coneflower
Finnish Name: Valkoinen punahattu
I've only got one plant anymore, sadly. I have sown it from seed, which I got from a friend. I had about 6 seeds, but the propagation went somewhat wrong and I got only two seedlings. The other one died, but this one has been growing for two years now. I should probably buy some more, because it's quite attractive.
Noteworthy characteristics: Medicinal. Butterflies and bees love it.
Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Hardiness: Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
Height: 60cm
Spread: 45cm
Sep 15, 2008
Apple time
...and time to start posting something here, finally, I quess.
The old apple trees surprised me this year. The nearly-dead-but-so-beautifully-chekhovian-tree gave us some surprisingly sweet gifts. I kind of knew that already in May when I took the photos of these rose blossoms.
Even the youngest member of my apple family, Tallinn Pear-apple (Tallinnan päärynäomena) had five small, sweet and so red apples.
Now I just don't know what to do with all those fruits...
Maybe I'll start with an apple pie.
The old apple trees surprised me this year. The nearly-dead-but-so-beautifully-chekhovian-tree gave us some surprisingly sweet gifts. I kind of knew that already in May when I took the photos of these rose blossoms.
Even the youngest member of my apple family, Tallinn Pear-apple (Tallinnan päärynäomena) had five small, sweet and so red apples.
Now I just don't know what to do with all those fruits...
Maybe I'll start with an apple pie.
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