Monday, January 31, 2011

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Revival


We are indeed at the heart of winter, the nights are cold and very cold days, the sky is desperately low and gray, just very normal for late January. Nothing moves in the garden, everything seems asleep and frozen. Not so sure. In a garden, life revolves While idling in the winter but there is no such thing as off-season. If we look closer, the conscientious gardener and not too lethargic sees encouraging signs but discreet, I agree, that show that time passes and that the good times will return before long .

Walking around the garden in search of change or evolution in the winter flowering and also to take stock what remains to be transplanted and that I could develop or revise, I was surprised and happy to see the first spring bulbs (or late winter depending on the year) to point the nose, some are buttons and some, not for two chilly in beginning to bloom. This show really delighted the gardener and makes him forget some small annoyance.

For example, the final loss of the last remaining snowdrops in some corners removed. I managed almost all the bulbs except snowdrops. Will I give up? Maybe not. I want to try planting bulbs in a large-caliber ground copiously enriched compost in the ground or why not in a large pot.

This hardly counts against the pleasure it is to see the first crocuses begin to bloom, although I expect that most varieties bloom with large blue flowers that j love her very much but this does not occur until March.



The daffodils are all gone now. Here and there, some are already flower heads of waiting a little sweetness and light to thrive.




hyacinths and irises are visible crosslinked them too.



It is clear that the worst is over, hope is reborn, but be careful, experience shows that February can be tough and we still reserve surprises.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

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bulb flowers that need the winter


Winter is not far from it the richest season, the vacuum was installed and the gray (this year partliculier) covers all the opulence of the spring season of roses and I love the abundance of summer perennials that provide the show are far away. However, in the heart of winter some plants, mostly shrubs offer a dazzling often fragrant flowers. I have a taste for these blooms winter to both amazing and admirable and what of their strong fragrance always very comforting.


Each year, after being forgotten for many months, I was busy to devote myself to other plants in my gardens, I rediscovered with wonder e t happiness. It always gives me a renewed enthusiasm and forget the drops of transient regime. And winter is enjoyable as the garden, very active in this season, lets his mind wander and engaged in contemplation and reverie .

Obviously, these blooms can be programmed, it must know how to wait patiently and sometimes one is surprised Thus, the winter honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) intoxicating fragrance and covered buttons do still gives me some flowers, two weeks later than last year, but whatever. Its fragrance is exceptional .



The Darley heath are very flowery for many weeks and will probably probably until April.



Helleborus Orient, so refined and delicate normally hatch in March in my garden, yet they have numerous flowers open .



For Christmas roses, the opposite, they have bloomed later, it is not my favorite, I find their stems really too short.



witch hazel is also starting to blossom, with one month in advance, but the bloom seems a little less abundant than in 2010 and I think that it would end before the month of March. This beautiful flowering less is it due to excessive force (he has pushed a lot), drought of last summer or the softness of the moment? I can not explain it.


Skimmia rubella still shows red buttons in March the tiny white flowers with a delicious orange scent will delight bees.



Camelia and Daphne odora, two carefree shrubs, will I believe their promises, unless the late winter and early spring is very wet This happens more for a good ten years in my area (a sign of climate change?), flowering will be very beautiful.



In the grove of winter-flowering shrubs, Oregon grape completes its flowering, Bodnant viburnum and chimonanthe are always in bloom, dogwood male will take over in March.



will need to complete this collection that I think about planting sarcoccoca if flowering and especially so powerfully scented clematis and a few winter.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

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The viburnum bloom even in winter


The genus Viburnum has beautiful beautiful flowering shrubs such as the famous snowball (Viburnum opulus) viburnum or China (Viburnum plicatum). In May, they are the real stars of the garden.

In winter, of Bodnant viburnum that attracts attention, especially since this season blooms are rare. With the mild weather of recent weeks, flowering was earlier and more abundant. Very hardy, this viburnum brave the cold and frosts that have made their return last two or three days in no way altered its flowers. The flowers will bloom in waves until March.


Viburnum bodnantense, 01/2011

Last year, the frequent snowfalls and severe frosts had already burned the flowers bloom. Bodnant viburnum but is definitely full of resources, new buds were removed at the end of winter and had hatched until late March.

Its flowers are delicately scented perfume but this is less pronounced than that of winter honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) or chimonanthe (chimonanthus praecox), their pale pink color or supported by variety is unique and the tubular flowers are gathered in clumps large enough that one can admire them from afar. They are also distributed throughout the crown of the shrub. I placed prominently in a window where I can contemplate it at leisure.

I particularly appreciate this because it does viburnum wonder no care, especially in summer when it resists an exceptional heat and drought, unlike the Chinese viburnum, very delicate. The latter often suffer from hot, dry summers that knows my area. It is also not subject to attack by aphids as the snowball. It prospers in all lands but has a predilection for deep rich soils, which is not the case with me. It needs well-drained soil does not retain too much moisture in winter and this, she finds no difficulty in my garden. In really heavy or wet soil, a bit of gravel mixed with soil will improve drainage.



The Bodnant viburnum is sometimes slow to settle and its growth is slow, do not be surprised to see that after bloom 4 years, is often the time it takes to adapt. Then it flowers generously every year. That of my garden, aged ten years is beginning to be impressive. Last asset, its deciduous turns purple in October. It does not require regular pruning to bloom well, the size, lightweight, aims primarily to balance her figure and aerate the center of the shrub by removing branches too frail or ill placed. This fixes the port a bit steep. I am content for now to cut the top shoots to encourage side shoots bulking. Of the older and less flowering shrubs, you can fold one third of the branches and remove one or two of the oldest.

Another viburnum, well known that there is currently in bud, laurel tin. The buttons contrast nicely pink on the dark green evergreens. Ils s'épanouiront en fin d'hiver et les bouquets de fleurs blanches persisteront jusqu'en avril. Il apprécie le sol léger de mon jardin et la chaleur estivale.


Viburnum Tinus, 01/2011

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Jasmine Winter, a rain of gold blooms winter garden


Janvier n'est pas le mois le plus riche en couleurs éclatantes et même si la durée d'ensoleillement augmente quelque peu, la lumière manque encore. Malgré tout, un arbuste particulièrement résistant chose this period to provide its flowering golden yellow, very bright and even more generous than the weather is mild, as is the case for several weeks.


Jasminum nudiflorum, 01/2011

planted against a fence, winter jasmine in my garden is really blossomed this year. Flowering began later than last year because of the cold wave of December. Its long branches are covered with many small tubular flowers. I preferred give him a free form, I do not Palisse its branches scandent, which is entirely possible but I find them much more beautiful when they bend gracefully. They are also more floriferous. We must especially avoid heavy pruning it, which reduces flowering. The shrub is so lavish this year than the flowering branches cascading beyond the other side of the fence, a marvel. Faced with this bounty, this is easily forgiven for not being fragrant jasmine.



For years, I only have lavished no care, we must say that it is completely forgotten when flowering is finished. Last year, I am held to a small cleanup in April, which is to remove dry twigs as jasmine product quantity is a bit tedious but very useful because it helps to aerate the center and promotes issuance of flowering buds. I took the opportunity to remove one or two older branches.

I had also delete an incredible number of layers spontaneous spontaneous layering this is the only flaw of this jasmine in light soils, like mine, he is particularly fond. It becomes a bit overwhelming. Jasmine officinalis also has this feature but it is really exuberant.



In the absence of severe frosts or heavy snowfall, the winter jasmine flowers remain abundant until late March.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

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winter bloomer, it's pretty much what the name is in French the spelling not much of a bush blossomed at this time in my garden, or fragrant chimonanthe early (he has these two features). In Greek it means literally that blooms in winter . With few other plants, it proves that the winter is not as bleak as it seems and that we can have flowers all year round. Certainly, I agree, the expansion is not appropriate but their comforting presence and bright is irreplaceable.

past ten days now, the flowers are fully open and chimonanthe they exhale their delicious sweet fragrance. They look a little-proportionately to those of the tulip tree. But they have one little flaw, they are mostly-quirk of nature-like hanging upside down all along the branches, making it difficult to admire their beautiful red heart. I am glad to see even more numerous than last year. It emerged earlier, thanks to the exceptional sweetness that prevails in my area since the beginning of the year.

chimonanthus praecox 01/2011

However, it should be really patient, as its growth is slow and it is in remembering the small about 40 cm planted 7 years now that I realize he has prospered since it reached 1m today 70.

The Christmas rose, just beginning to bloom, mainly the variety maxima, like the Oriental hellebores, I like a lot but as always, it will be beautiful only March.


Helleborus Niger subsp. maxima 01/2011

The winter jasmine and Bodnant viburnum are also beginning to thrive, they soon will account for many weeks to make the garden attractive in winter. Surprisingly, winter honeysuckle that had some flowers last year at this time is only at the bud stage. He will take over from these blooms early, maybe he will flourish at the same time as the male dogwood, which would make a beautiful whole. The pleasure of gardening, it's also to imagine and anticipate.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Cuttings Four perennial winter


Each spring, contemplating my favorite shrubs bloom well, among which are especially spirea arguta and van houttei, I think it would be good to have several planted group to create a mass effect. So I decided to enjoy the winter, when gardening activity is minimized in an attempt to multiply these two species. So far, I'd be limited to late summer cuttings, very easy to succeed for the Japanese honeysuckle particular.


By the end of November (St. Catherine, where everything takes root wood traditionally inaugurates the great epochs of cuttings of the year) and up to February, during which the vegetation is at rest, it is possible a large number of cuttings of flowering shrubs. There is talk of cutting wood dry as they are made after leaf drop, bare twigs thus. This technique, used commonly practiced today is obsolete. It still gives very good results but we must be patient because the roots request more months. Moreover, it is only suitable for deciduous shrubs.

shoots should be collected about thirty centimeters long, vigorous shoots year generally located at the ends. Lignified shoots too easily do not emit roots. The base should be cut diagonally above a bud (called eyes), the top of the was cutting too thin, must be deleted. Keep lengths of 20 cm.


cuttings of shrubs spring 01/2011


Cuttings are dipped in rooting hormone and then placed under glass or in the nursery. Choose a location to the north, it prevents the vegetation starts before the roots are sufficiently developed. The soil should be loose and light. If necessary, bring sand. Bury the cuttings so that three stages of buds are visible. Finally, it is helpful to identify the cuttings by placing a label weatherproof.


makeshift nursery in the garden, 01/2011

The development will ultimately, if the cuttings have recovered well in the fall of next year.

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

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to clean up after other


In the month of November that I proceeded to cleaning up in my massive perennials, flowering perennials summer and fall when they are folded Defleur and their foliage is dry.
All waste will be incorporated into compost. This year, I left some plant fragments between strains of perennial and I covered with a layer of dead leaves. This contribution will enrich the soil organic matter into humus that will dry more slowly during the heat of summer.

However, for three species of perennial very robust, I intervened much later. This is the Six Hills Giant Nepeta, anemones of Japan and lady's mantle. In late November, these three are perennial foliage is green, sign that they are not yet entered into rest. Their presence helps to forget the emptiness that settles slowly into the garden. In general, it was not until mid December that I'll do it, but this year the snow and cold too bright prevented me from acting. There are still a few days, these plants had a rather neglected aspect .

Under the combined action of cold and damp, deciduous anemones rots quickly. It is easy to remove by hand, stem, fairly hard, must be pruned with secateurs. One must be careful and take care not to damage the buds coming out of land already. I finished raking debris that remain thin on the ground.


Anemones Japan before and after cleaning, 01/2011


For lady's mantle, must be removed regularly leaves scorched by frost, often the oldest and largest in using "a pair of shears. Two interventions are sufficient in most time. Meanwhile, new rosettes of leaves appear.

Alchemilla mollis before and after cleaning, 01/2011

As for nepeta, it is not moisture, quickly absorbed my land drainage, which gets rid of its leaves but the frost and snow. Simply cut to the base. In spring new shoots emerge.


Nepeta before and after cleaning, 01/2011


I would also remove a few leaves stained on hellebores of the East in early January starting to bloom.

Hellebore Orient before and after cleaning, 01/2011


The garden is now ready for winter. This leaves a lot of time for planting and transplanting in January I like to do during periods of softness.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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No money to go to slam in a saddle, so the idea of coconut, tape, patience, a bit of detail, and a good friend seamstress. And these are carpets that go for 32.
Ditto for the trunk with an old suitcase as a medic toolkit.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

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At all passionate gardeners and bloggers frequent and all the others, I wish a happy new year 2011 and still enjoy the garden.


& & & & & Euxomai Kalha & xronia kai to o & o & louj lej.

Xronia & Polla & !

Happy new year to everyone!


Den und allen anderen Treuen Besuchern Wünsche ich ein gutes neues Jahr!

To start this year, here a bouquet with the meager resources of the garden:



I wish add hellebores, winter jasmine or Bodnant viburnum but nature, sovereign, decided otherwise.

And then, to overlook the situation and the dullness of winter and remind us that spring is a wonderful season (he will be again, for sure), I can not resist the pleasure of showing that which for me is the queen among the old roses, the pink Yolande d'Aragon, photographed in June in my garden with a dame, a perennial romantic silhouette that I love:



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