Asparagus leaves and herbs for the garden

Today we have thunder and lightning one minute and the other the sun is out here in Vaxholm. This is what we call typical April wheather hm...but it's May. So when the wheather is like this I think we shall have a nice bowl of soup for dinner together with a fresh baked bread and a nice cheese. I have some nice nettles behind a shed I think I will take some of those as well that will be perfect.

Soup with Asparagus and Garden greens.

1 small onion or leek
4 handfuls of mixed greens and herbs
Asparagus
6 dl nice stock of your choice
1 generous knob of butter and 1 tablespoon of flour
1 dl white wine

salt and pepper

Cut the asparagus into small pieces (save the tips for decoration) and chop the onion and greens. Melt butter and add onion sizzle for a minute, then add the vegetables and last the flour. Pour in the liquid and boil for a few minutes. Now you can either put it in the blender or leave it as it is. If you blend the soup add the tips after mixing and boil an additional 3 minutes.

Serve with a nice rustique country bread or croutons.

Serves two persons

Smaklig måltid ! / Tyra

Sigrid's Iris - inquiry

Does anybody know the name of this beautiful Iris? Right now I have it under the name Iris 'Sigrid' and I cannot just rename flowers like that :-) Sigrid is a dear friend of mine that gave them to me last summer. I would be very glad for all information.

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Är det någon som kan hjälpa mej med namnet på den här underbara lilla irisen. Just nu går den under namnet Iris ' Sigrid' efter min gode vän Sigrid som gav den till mej. Sigrid hade i sin tur fått den av en vän och visste inte namnet på den. Är det nägon som vet så snälla hör av er till mej. Tacksam för all hjälp. Fler bilder på min helsvenska blogg Växthus och Potager.

Isn't it gorgeous!

TYRA

Tulips in the gravel - Tulipa

Do you remember that I did some late planting of bulbs in November last year?

Here are the result, tulips in the gravel! I just love botanical tulips and my deers doesn't likes then, perfect. I think I like them so much because they are 'in floribus' early and they are so small, pretty and really genuine looking. When it's cold they close up and says -"We are freezing where is the sun" and when the sun comes and warm the tulips they opens up and says in a tulip choir - "Look at me, look how beautiful I am!" Some of the them are extremely early and they had already bloomed over when I took this photo below.

Botanical tulips in the gravel. Tyra's Garden.

Kaufmanniana Tulips were developed from the Tulipa kaufmanniana species, which is native to Turkestan. They are some of the earliest tulips to flower. Kaufmanniana Tulips are generally very low growing (some are only 4 - 5"/10 - 12 cm tall), which makes them ideal for rock gardens and containers. If left undisturbed, they will normally return year after year and gradually multiply. text: The Plant Expert photo: Tyra

Tulipa 'Persian Pearl' or 'Eastern Star' it said Eastern star on the packet but they look more like Persian Pearl correct me if I'm wrong.

These are the really early ones the Greigii Tulipa

Greigii Tulips were developed from the Tulipa greigii species, which is native to Turkestan. Greigii Tulips are fairly short as tulips go, but the blooms are very large in proportion to the plant as a whole. They come in very bright colours, like red and yellow, and the flowers open wide in full sun, creating cup-shaped blooms that can be more than 5" (12 cm) in diameter when fully open. text: The Plant Expert photo: Tyra

Have a nice week! ....do write something it's so very nice to here from you.

.... and Dad eller Dod som du brukar kalla dej själv, jag hoppas att du får en fin dag hemma i Skåne att solen skiner på dej och att fåglarna kvittrar för det gillar du. Den svart vita flugsnapparen Ficedula h. hypoleuca som bodde i holken utanför mitt sovrumsfönster förra året är tillbaka! Visst är det kul.

TYRA