Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
December blooms - Hyacinthus orientalis

Posted by Tyra i Vaxholm @ Friday, December 18, 2009 23 comments
Labels: blommig fredag, blommor, Blooming friday, Blooms and blossoms, Weather, Winter, Winter flowers
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CHANGE
Winter blue and Indian red?
Winter apples or apple blossoms?
Decisions, decisions...which one to take...hm


Posted by Tyra i Vaxholm @ Tuesday, December 15, 2009 15 comments
Labels: " in floribus", Apple, December, Flowers, Fruit and Berries, Frukt o bär, Vinterbilder, Winter, Äpple
Friday, December 11, 2009
Paperwhite - Narcissus papyraceus - Tazetter



Så här skriver odla.nu om Tazett Narcissus papyraceus
Namn: Tazett (Narcissus papyraceus)
Familj: Amaryllidaceae, amaryllisväxter.
Ursprung: Sydeuropa, Medelhavsområdet, Kina, Japan.
Beskrivning: Narcissus – från grekiskans narke, bedövning, förlamningpapyraceus – pappersaktig
Namnet har uppkommit därför att avkok på växten är rogivande och i högpotenta lösningar förlamande. läs mer...
Blommig fredag hos Katarina
Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Friday, December 11, 2009 17 comments
Labels: " in floribus", blommig fredag, Blooming friday, Bulbs, December, Flowers, frö lök och knölar, Winter flowers
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
How to Make a Moisturizing Herbal Balm - Lemon Verbena
- I wish they could have better music...I think it is a bit annoying.
Lemon verbena, Citronverbena in Swedish and you say Ning meng mao biao cao - if you speak like one billion 365 thousand others do (mandarin) :-) Picture from Wikipedia.

Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Tuesday, December 08, 2009 14 comments
Monday, December 07, 2009
Winter Flowers - Phalaenopsis
Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Monday, December 07, 2009 6 comments
Labels: " in floribus", Advent, Deceber, December, Orchids, orchidé, Phalaenopsis, Winter, Winter flowers
Friday, December 04, 2009
December Frost in Garden
In the soft sunlight of December - Lichtkönigin 'Lucia'
And once again the last of the explorer rose The Canadian 'John Davies' now dressed in a coat of frost...Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Friday, December 04, 2009 7 comments
Labels: Fruit and Berries, Frukt o bär, November, Roses, Rosor, Weather
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Blooming Friday - White Dahlia in my Potager


Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Thursday, November 26, 2009 14 comments
Labels: blommig fredag, Blooming friday, Köksträdgården, November, Potager, Seasonal greetings, Vegetables
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Crab Cactus - A Light in the Darkness of November
Crab Cactus

a.k.a Thanksgiving cactus Schlumbergera truncata just perfect 'in floribus' in time for Thanksgiving.
Thank God for durable colourful winterflowering houseplants that costs next to nothing, like the African Violets, Kalanchoes, and this Crab Cactus they really helps us through the dark winter months especially now in the darkest month of them all November.
The Schlumbergera belongs to the Cactaceae family and lives wild in the tropical rainforest, it is an epiphytes what lives on rocks or in trees. On our window ledge they prefer welldrained soil with good aeration and hate to be waterlogged. Needs to be repotted just every third year, that's good isn't it.
Happy Thanksgiving to you All!
LOLove TYRA
Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10 comments
Labels: " in floribus", Flowers, November, Seasonal greetings
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Ready at last - Harvesting Mulching Material

Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm @ Sunday, November 22, 2009 9 comments

















