Tyras Trädgård / Tyras Garden: June 2012

Tyra's Garden is a small garden on the island of Resarö situated in the inner part of the archipelago near the small town Vaxholm, outside Stockholm. Tyra's Garden is mostly an ornamental vegetable garden, my potager. But flowers are of course an important ingredience, for beauty and pollination. The climate in these parts is quite demanding as the northerly winds can be strong and cold. THIS BLOG 'Tyra's Garden' is not entirely a gardenblog it contains much more. About me: Enthusiastic amateur gardener and photographer from Vaxholm, Sweden. Designed and built my Greenhouse and Potager in Tyra's Garden 2003. Love the outdoor life, gardening and sailing especially. View my profile

Tuesday

Kitschy PEONY?

This post "Kitschy Peony" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden / Tyras Trädgård

Can a flower be Kitschy?

Today, the peonies starts to flower in my garden. It has been raining heavily the last few days and the poor branches on the peonies really need all the support they can get. I think this peony is a masterpiece, I know they can be almost too good on the edge to being vulgar, but still this is really what I need on a rainy day as this one.

If you like growing you own food, then do visit KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN - The Kitchen Garden. It is in my native tongue but you can always push the translate button./ Tyra

Sunday

June - A garden gone wild

This post "June - a garden gone wild" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden.

June - with an impressive display with flowers and colours.

I let all my flowers run wild in the garden up to Midsummer. The upcoming weekend with Midsummer’s Eve has always been an important day in our family and I say for most of the Swedish families. We all come together family and friends and eat our special midsummer menu and dance with the younger members of the families around the Maypole.

A lot of decorations are made for the Midsummer festivities with wild-flowers from Mother Nature as well as flowers from the garden. This is why I always save and let my garden really run wild up to Midsummer. I need flowers for the Maypole, the vases, midsummer garlands and to make a midsummer wreath to put in the hair.

The making of Midsummer wreaths.

Fram till och med midsommar så spar jag allt med blommor på i köksträdgården. De skall få pryda kransar och vaser till midsommarafton. Däremot efter midsommar förflutit så får de ge plats åt mer ätliga saker. läs mer i KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN

Papaver and Aquilegia vulgaris

Irises i full bloom, the really thieves in a dry and sunny position I have in the garden. If I just make sure that their rhizomes not are overgrown by a lot of other plants. the rhizomes need air and sunshine.

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Irisen är riktigt lättodlad och nästan skötselfri. Mina står i ett stenparti tillsammans med vallmo och såpnejlika. Mina irisar stortrivs på sitt väldränerade, varma och soliga läge. Iris behöver sol minst halva dagen. Jorden här är torr och mager men irisarna gillar ju det. Vallmon däremot gillar det till en början men när allt efter sommaren lider och det blir snustorrt uppe på kullarna och efter blomningen så ser de lite tilltufsade ut men de gör de nog i alla rabatter när jag tänker efter.

Iris blommar inte om iris-rhizomerna ligger för djupt i jorden. Vid plantering ska de läggas horisontalt och ytligt. Översidan ska anas vid jordytan och det är viktigt att solen når rhizomen. På mina stenpartikullar växer också en hel del gräs vilket jag verkligen vill att det skall göra men rensar man bort lite runt irisarna så svarar de snällt med att växa till sig och ge fin blomning.