Today has been lashing rain and the blooms of roses and cistus dashed to the ground. But there was a moment of respite so I nipped out and took some photos for a very late GBBD.
Pink flowers are everywhere, not just roses but also this unusual phlomis.
Water lilies steal the show.
Stripes of White cistus alternate with helichrysum and teuchrium
Terraces with cistus and teuchrium.
An rather special rose 'Seven Sisters' named after the seven shades of pink in the petals or, being found mostly in the oil states of Louisiana and Texas, after the Seven Big Oil Companies ??
Centranthus ruber in various shades of pink and white has seeded all around the garden but is not less enjoyable for that.
China rose collection as viewed from two parts of the rose garden
This blog is all about how to cope with gardening in continental climate. All the books and TV programmes talk about 'Mediterranean gardening' but few places actually have a classic Med climate - hot dry summers, cool wet winters. My garden is 450m above sea level and temperatures reach over 40 degrees C in summer but drop down to -8 degrees C at times in winter. How to cope with about 50 degrees temperature range? It requires a whole different approach and I cannot find any books that really help, especially regarding cultivation of vegetable & fruit.
3 comments:
OMG...your garden is fabulous...what I wouldn't give for a pond like that...spectacular!
The terrace with Teucrium and cistus is perfect. I like the inviting arch too. Christina
This is cool!
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