My 'Watercolour Rose' - in floribus

This post, 'Watercolour Rose' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Watercolours in the Greenhouse

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Busy times now here in Waxholm now, this is a typical Summertown and everything happens during the summer. I’m working too much and havn’t got time for anything, that is why I havn’t been able to blog as much as I use to and want to. The weather is fantastic so I can get up real early to work in the garden and enjoy the breathtaking mornings. that is a good thing. The evenings are stunning too but then I'm so dead tired after a long day and the only thing I want is my bed :-)

Here in this post I just wanted to show you one bush of roses, my beautiful "Watercolour Rose"

Watercolours in the Greenhouse

I have this wonderful Rose bush in my garden, I don’t know the name but I call it my Watercolour Rose. It reminds me of a watercolor palette, it has all the colour from pale creamy yellow, through the apricot hues to soft pink. I wish someone knows it’s real name.

Soft creamy yellow... and pink on the same bush is't it just amazing?

This pretty bud has been slightly damage by the wind, the edges are a bit brown but it is still very beautiful, don't you think?

and it is VERY fragrant too

I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Don't be a stranger my friend - do write something!

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A collage of the pictures above

LOLove TYRA

Veronica - Something I've made...

This post, 'Veronica' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

Saint Veronica

Veronica

Here are some Veronica growing in my garden I think it is Veronica chamaedrys L. but it could be Veronica persica I'm not sure please help me if you know. Ah... now I see that the leaves on the picture no 2 belongs to Saponaria officinalis L.

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Här är lite söta Veronicor som växer i min trädgård jag vet inte om det är Veronica chamaedrys Teveronika eller Veronica persica, Trädgårdsveronika är det någon som vet. Ah... den nedre bilden är inte så representativ för där växer den ibland såpnejlikorna Saponaria officinalis så de är deras blad som syns.

ABC Wednesday V as in ...

something I've made all by myself ...

OK I did have some help from my friend :-)

Veronica, not Saint Veronica though she is a very good human being, not Veronica Mars, although she is born in Mars (Swedish for March), and not Veronica Persica (Common field Speedwell) but she is sometimes called 'Min Persika' (Peaches)

Veronica on the rock! Somewhere out in the Archipelago of Stockholm.

Have a great Wednesday/ TYRA

more ABC Wednesday HERE

"In floribus" with some nice music.

And here some music to go with it...It is from an old hymn by Paul Gerhardt (1652) translate it would be something like " In this glorious sommer time"

I denna ljuva sommartid

This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participants here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.
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Happy gardening/ LOLove
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TYRA

Feeling much better!

The fever is gone and I'm out and about again :-) Weeding and eating my weeds...read more in this weeks ABC Wednesday here in the Greenhouse.

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I'm bored

This post, 'I'm bored' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

After a few days in bed with a flu I'm bored...my fever is down, not gone but down and I just have to take a stroll in the garden. I can see all the wonderful Rhododendrons, Irises and the Papaver Orientale from the window but I just have to go out and enjoy them 'live' and the tomatoes need my attention...or perhaps it's just that I miss my 'friends' in the greenhouse. The sun is shining and just got to get out, what do you say? A bit of fresh air can't harm anyone can it?

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TYRA

Wisteria - I'm thinking...Italy

This post, 'Wisteria sinensis - I'm thinking... Italy'' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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The Wisteria sinensis is in full bloom in my garden now and every time I see it or smell it's most wonderful scent I think of the gorgeous Amalfi coast and Positano in particular.

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It really thrives in my poor soil next to the drainpipe at my garage, the spot is very sunny and it is welldrained. The only thing I give it is some (chicken) manure in early spring.

Back to Italy again...

As I said, I'm thinking of Italy..."Enchanted April", do you remember that lovely movie from 1992 starring Miranda Richardsson and Josie Lawrence?

"This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has it's own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a little mini-trip to Italy, a gorgeously filmed enchantment." it is really wonderful.

Wisteria sinensis (my photo albums)

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Caution the Wisteria is toxic! see below *

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"Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) is a woody, deciduous, perennial climbing vine in the genus Wisteria, native to China in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Yunnan. While this plant is a climbing vine, it can be trained into a tree-like shape, usually with a wavy trunk and a flattened top.

It can grow 20-30 m long over supporting trees by counter-clockwise-twining stems. The leaves are shiny, green, pinnately compound, 10-30 cm in length, with 9-13 oblong leaflets that are each 2-6 cm long. The flowers are white, violet, or blue, produced on 15-20 cm racemes in spring, usually reaching their peak in mid-May. The flowers on each raceme open simultaneously before the foliage has expanded, and have a distinctive fragrance similar to that of grapes. Though it has shorter racemes than Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria), it often has a higher quantity of racemes. The fruit is a flattened, brown, velvety, bean-like pod 5-10 cm long with thick disk-like seeds around 1 cm in diameter spaced evenly inside; they mature in summer and crack and twist open to release the seeds; the empty pods often persist until winter. However seed production is often low, and most regenerative growth occurs through layering and suckering. One very interesting fact about this plant is that it is actually a member of the pea family, and the abovementioned seedpods are actually legumes.

It is hardy in USDA plant hardiness zones 5-9, and prefers moist soils. It is considered shade tolerant, but will flower only when exposed to partial or full sun. It will also flower only after passing from juvenile to adult stage, a transition that may take many years. It can live for over 100 years.

*All parts of the plant contain a glycoside called wisterin which is toxic if ingested and may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, and diarrhea. Wisterias have caused poisoning in children of many countries, producing mild to severe gastroenteritis.

It was introduced from China to Europe and North America in 1816 and has secured a place as one of the most popular flowering vines for home gardens due to its flowering habit. It has however become an invasive species in some areas of the eastern United States where the climate closely matches that of China" Text from Wikipedia

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This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participants here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.

Happy gardening/ LOLove

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TYRA

Don't forget to write something...don't be a stranger.

ABC Wednesday

It's ABC Wednesday welcome into the Greenhouse

TYRA

Blossoms and Blooms in Tyra's Garden

This post, 'Blossoms and blooms in Tyra's Garden'' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/
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Blossom and blooms in my garden just now. Thousands of tiny blossoms of plum, apple, pear, cherry and crabapple adds splendour to my garden now in this glourious month of May.

Blackthorn Prunus spinosa

Buds and blossoms of Apple





The magnificiant fragrant Malus silvestris var. parapisiaca tree is in full bloom right now and in the evenings it fills the air with a most wonderful scent.




Pears at the top 1. Bartlett (also called a Yellow Bartlett, known as the Williams outside North America) 2. Red Bartlett (organic; presumably a Red Williams in other countries) 3. Red Bartlett (several distinct varieties are called "red bartletts"; not sure store's name is correct but that's what it was labeled) 4. D'Anjou 5. Bosc (organic) 6. Comice 7. Concorde 8. Seckel (they really are that small relative to others) Pear picture and text from Wikipedia

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This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participants here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.


Well this is all from me - I wish you all a lovely weekend with a lot of gardening!



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LOLove TYRA

'Whiter Shade of Pale' - Claus Dalby's Spring Garden

This post, "Whiter Shade of Pale" was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/
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... I usually store my ABC Wednesdays in the Greenhouse but not so this week. I thought as it is not about my garden, potager nor the greenhouse I'll rather have it here.

R is for Risskov

These pictures are from Risskov near Århus, Denmark

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Meet Claus Dalby’s fantastic garden, that I call a ’Whiter shade of pale’ garden. This man can really paint with his plants, though his spring garden is almost monochrome it is truely amazing, so very beautiful. Claus found all these wonderful plants and composed them into a crème coloured symphony for his spring garden.

ABC Wednesday and the letter i s R, find more participants here
and read more about Claus Dalby's fantastic garden in Risskov here

All the pictures are from Klematis, I just made the collage.

We skipped the light fandango

turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

I was feeling kinda seasick

but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder

as the ceiling flew away

When we called out for another drink

the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later

as the miller told his tale

that her face, at first just ghostly

turned a whiter shade of pale...

I never really understood that lyrics...hm

But still it's a great song by Procum Harum and lyrics by Keith Reid.

I wish you all a happy ABC Wednesday round.

TYRA

Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day & Blooming Friday

This post, 'Garden Bloggers Blooms Day & Blooming Friday' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Up up and away...

The gherkins are coming along fine in the greenhouse, it is really fascinating to see them grow, they cling on to almost everything or anything. The tomatoes are getting quite tall as well. I had too many plants this year again :-) ... so I have been giving away a lot of tomatoes to friends and neighbours.

Outside the potager I have tulips, both old faithful friends and new acquaintances, these are new, I think they are very cute. Especially from above. I did save the label with the name but I cannot find it right now...silly girl.
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same tulips...with the wood behind.

May is full of all the gorgeous fruit tree flowers this is from my Blackthorn (topiary)
When I was out earlier tonight it was actually snowing white petals from the cherry blossoms.

To see more GBBD posts or to join in this month please visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens. It is also Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.

Well this is all from me - I wish you all a lovely weekend with a lot of gardening!
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LOLove TYRA