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Each year from late summer to midwinter, I multiply a number of species that I especially like to install new topics in different parts of the garden. The cuttings techniques that I 'uses are simple, the success rate is important and they require no special equipment.

At the end of February, thanks to mild weather, which accelerates the awakening of vegetation, signs of recovery are visible.

has dry wood cuttings of shrubs spring made in January are doing well on the spirea is observed in young leaves that grow. We must wait several weeks before the root system is well developed. The implementation will not only fall.

cuttings spirea and mock orange spring, 02/2011

Every year, for the pleasure of seeing rependre I make cuttings of large Sedums, again it is a success. He'll just find them a place, which becomes difficult because I lack of space.

Sedums, 02/2011

I also tried cuttings of cysts of different species. I want to plant a clump very dry lavender which are installed. They are practiced in late summer. Should be collected side shoots 15 cm long and retain only the pair of terminal leaves. The cuttings should be placed in a mixture or even very light sandy soils. Rooting may take several months. Late August is the best time for propagation of these shrubs scrubland.

Cistes, 02/2011

J'ai enfin multiplié les lavatères arbustives que je souhaitais avoir en grand nombre en raison de leur floraison généreuse tout l'été. Elles ne vivent pas très longtemps, subitement, au bout de quelques années de culture, elles peuvent dépérir sans raison. Heureusement, le bouturage de tiges en août et en septembre est très facile. Les rameaux prélevés doivent comporter deux étages de bourgeons et faire 15 à 20 cm de long. Là encore, il ne faut garder que les feuilles du sommet et les couper de moitié pour éviter que la bouture ne se dessèche. les boutures sont ensuite plantées in a light soil and permeable. The earth of my garden is very suitable. Special potting soil cuttings is of course ideal. The heavy soils can be lightened with sand.

Lavatera shrub 02/2011

Finally, I slip my favorite roses, Madame Alfred Carriere and Star of Holland. I collected twigs in September of the year still green but already lignified (that is to say semi-August) of 15 cm in length on which I left only the leaves terminal and I placed in pots containing a mixture of light soil. I have planted against the walls which promotes rooting. In recent days, the leaves begin to emerge but the roots do not form completely that in the months to come. I install them next fall in their final location. I'm also amused at the rose cuttings The Fairy, a breeze, all branches, even the finest resume with extreme ease.

Roses Star of Holland and Madame Alfred Carriere 02/2011

Rose The Fairy, 02/2011

I said that I do not use rooting hormone, and I not carrying cuttings stew sometimes recommended for Lavatera or roses, this method requires too much attention to my taste.

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Right now the weather is gray, but very mild, resulting quasi-general revival of vegetation. On roses and many shrubs flower buds are clearly visible. On Buddleia ungainly-looking new leaves have emerged. Over time, the pruning that affect roses and summer-flowering shrubs will begin. The Oriental hellebores are almost all fulfilled. The accompanying heather and flowering will last another month at least.

The Japanese quince is covered in spots but flowering, always flamboyant, will not occur until late March.

The forsythia, albeit a very common, but I like the massive flowering and bright, little by little hatch, it signals the end of winter. Some older and bulky, must be severely pruned after flowering because I've neglected a bit, the port is not very harmonious.

Dogwood male is not yet flowered, it will soon take over from Bodnant viburnum begins to pass and winter honeysuckle.

Tulips and daffodils are all gone now. Here and there a few daffodils are already blooming. growth of biennials such as forget-moon, wallflowers and erisymums resumed.

The small bulbs like grape hyacinths and foliage ipheions were well supplied, however, they must still wait before having flowers.

daphne odora My which has preserved almost all its leaves through the mild winter begins to bloom, its fragrance is sweet already present, it is as strong as that of the honeysuckle. At its foot first bloom seedling spontaneous oriental hellebores.

is still allowing the sweetness of Algiers iris blooming.

Just take a walk in the garden to be convinced that spring is not so far. In fact, the winter weather will end in a few days, it definitely does not mean that late cold snaps are excluded. Everything seems normal cycle succeeds another. What is still worrying in the short term, the rainfall deficit is important in my area for the months of January and February, it reached about 50%. This is particularly worrisome with climate change as I watch the last ten years the spring and summer are becoming drier. This leads me to generalize the mulch in the beds of perennials and roses at the foot. The gardener must learn to adapt to such changes.

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The winter honeysuckle fragrance exudes powerful

early as January if the weather is mild and this was the case this year, the fragrant honeysuckle starts to bloom in a scattered manner but to 20 February as the flowering is in full swing. She is far ahead of the forsythia and it has the advantage of being extremely fragrant. The flowers are smaller than those of climbing honeysuckle fragrance but in my opinion is much more powerful and also more subtle. It can be felt at several tens of meters per round, regardless of the time. The flowers stand very well in rain and moderate frosts. The shrub is perfectly hardy. I can not get enough of her sweet scent that combines notes of jasmine, hyacinth and lily of the valley, a real antidote to the dreariness of winter and the rpm drops. Its botanical name Lonicera fragrantissima , that is to say, very fragrant, is really justified.

past few days, the bees are in turn attracted by the sweet smell of flowers. Weather permitting, the shrub has a large number of insect pollinators, bees and bumblebees. I associated with Bodnant viburnum flower which is also at this time and a male dogwood that is currently in bud and bloom in March. This honeysuckle, which is not found so often in the gardens, also has its place in the hedges in the company of evergreen shrubs such as photinia or spring flowering shrubs.

Lonicera fragrantissima, 02/2011

It is really recommended because of its ease of culture, and its robustness its abundant winter flowering scented. It adapts easily to all soils that are not excessively heavy. Whoever is planted in my garden is aged about ten years and has now reached about 2.50 meters high and as wide. It must take account of its size at planting if it is to take his ease without stifling its neighbors because it is very vigorous and grows a lot in the spring, less in summer when the heat settles. That said, its resistance to drought is remarkable.

This honeysuckle shrub (sometimes described as semi-evergreen but with me it loses all its leaves, a treasure for compost) does not need size because its port is naturally harmonious, however with age it forms small amount of dry twigs which should be removed to ventilate the center of the shrub and encourage the emergence of new shoots. This operation, easy to carry, is played in late March after flowering. The rest of the year, it gets forgotten but is still a curtain of greenery always appreciated.

There really is more of a reason to adopt this honeysuckle still relatively unknown.



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Two winter blooms exceptionally generous Iris

the garden, the years go by but not alike. The weather conditions can cause painful failures, yet he sometimes had positive consequences and the gardener can have real surprises but not for something. These are the moments I enjoy most, a real satisfaction obtained without any effort, it buys a lot of disappointments. The joy is even greater than the surprise occurs in winter, when few plants are able to have a truly massive flowering.

This is especially true for Bodnant viburnum that I have ever seen too flowery garden since its installation in ten years ago. Certainly, it has always flourished, but I found it blooms a little thin, small bouquets of flowers and sparse. Sometimes, like last year, frost destroying them.

This year they are very numerous, very large and well distributed throughout the crown of the shrub. With the extreme softness of these days, it is all open and I must admit that I am amazed at such a profusion of flowers. I finally have a massive bloom that I often admired (and envied too, I admit) with other gardeners. In truth, I am not responsible for this success, they are indeed the conditions that explain it.

Viburnum bodnantense, 02/2011

Sufficient moisture in autumn at the time of bud formation and especially a great sweetness in January and February with rare and weak jellies enabled buttons well formed and then hatch. I really recommend this viburnum because it requires no care. Just be patient, the bloom is really nice that after a number of years.

The reticulated iris garden, planted in a corner of the lawn or sat once a rowan also surprised me, both at the early flowering and by their number, as if they were naturalized, indifferent to the drought that plagued much of last year. In three days, they have flourished completely. I remember being planted there five or six years less than a dozen bulbs that now form a beautiful carpet. They too are a safe bet, since they are among the earliest bulbs to bloom with crocuses.

Iris reticulata, 02/2011

I do not know what will happen in the spring but winter, despite a healthy dose of gray air was rich in colors and prints. Certainly he will remain in my memory.

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dwarfs and crocuses bloom in February

The sweetness of spring these days resulted in significantly accelerate the growth of certain plants, some bulbs to bloom relatively early in normal times are particularly early this year. The winter is over and he would have us already the beginnings of spring? Nothing is less sure, the cold could very well make a comeback in the coming weeks.

Nevertheless, the garden wakes up significantly, forsythia have buttons just waiting to open, here and there a few daffodils are blooming, the Bodnant viburnum of which takes advantage of this warm weather is covered with numerous bouquets of flowers roses, honeysuckle winter breathes its fragrance of honey, hellebores bloom a little more each day.

Yet only the crocuses and irises are crosslinked really flowery, with a lead of almost a month compared to last year. Flowers yellow crocuses are really bright and good performance but they only open if the weather is sunny enough, which was often the case during the past week. I have placed at the foot of flowering shrubs, this that allows me to let them complete their growing cycle is the guarantee of a re-flowering abundant the following year.

Crocus 02/2011

reticulated irises are in bloom too, flowering, relatively short, seldom lasts more than two weeks. In my land drained, they are very comfortable and come back faithfully every year. They require no care, they just need a sunny exposure. After flowering, the foliage must be spared so that the bulb can replenish its reserves. I especially like the flowers of this dwarf iris (15cm), its flowers are delicately tinted with white and cream, a real gem.

Iris reticulata, 02/2011

I also own two feet Iris Algiers were offered to me long ago. Depending on the year, they give me lots of flowers or not. Last year they bloomed generously in March-April this year one or two flowers are blooming and many buds begin to emerge. Flowers purple and speckled with white washed brown and yellow are also very beautiful, as is their abundant leaves lanceolate pale green. Unlike other irises, the division does not seem to be necessary for flowers, because I've never practiced.

Iris unguicularis, 02/2011

Spring, it is true that there will be a good month, but signs of its arrival are already there and that's why I like the month of February, a month of transition where despite the general quasi-hibernation the awakening of nature is already sensitive .

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flowers bees in winter

fact is , the bees are in danger ( 30 40% of hives are wiped out in Europe), not in the city where the hives are doing rather well and where we harvest honey an excellent but in the countryside, because of the insecticides used extensively for pest plants cultured parasites (as Varroa) and the scarcity of plant species for their survival. Their pollination action is nevertheless vital to agriculture and thus our livelihood. Faced with this catastrophe, it is heartening that a modest garden allows these valuable aids to survive the winter. My garden is free of pesticides and insecticides for many years and the presence of bees (but bumblebees and hoverflies in summer) is a little reward.

last two or three days, mild weather and sunny woke the bees and they begin foraging frantically flowering plants in the garden. Those plants whose flowers bloom between November and April are all very easy to grow in most regions of France and their flowers, scented or not, are rich in pollen. After watching, here are the ones who are most visited by bees in the winter. This confirms that life gradually revived in the garden and the sunny days are not so far away now.

The Christmas rose, even flourished, and Oriental hellebores that are at their peak in March.

The winter honeysuckle, which begins to bloom (its sweet, powerful fragrance is noticeable even for us on several meters per round) seems their preferred source of nectar. A real pleasure to see so many activated.

The Bodnant viburnum




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Curiously, though they despise the flowers scented of jasmine chimonanthe and those of winter. I acknowledge that I have planted all these plants first for their beauty and to brighten the garden in winter but now I am glad that it favors the presence of bees , but a small gesture to reach of all gardeners.

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leaves, fruits and dried flowers

In early February, when I am dedicated to the garden, there to begin planting and early planting, the garden'ornement requires no care is so long I earn for watching the winter blooms always beautiful thanks to the sweetness that has prevailed for some time. Bodnant viburnum of, winter jasmine (covered with gold for almost a month), chimonanthe, heather and pink Christmas flowers are abundant for many weeks, the hellebores and the East crocuses bloom gradually as winter honeysuckle. Daphne odora, and Dogwood Skimmia male will brighten the late winter and early spring, just before the forsythia and daffodils.

other plants by their more modest presence in the garden can retain its structure even in the winter and contribute to the decor.

So it is with rhododendrons which I did not like much but the foliage until the green light well and for once without the slightest stain (brown or yellow, depending on the waiting!) , I think they are any place in the garden.

course, their size is reduced, the hot and dry in my area was severely limits their growth, but in general they bloom well and this year all have many flower buds (a few simple tips can stimulate flowering) to me to ensure they fall before hatching, as was the case last year. Their good health is due, I believe, in part because I always straw with their feet and pine needles that I recover at the foot of a tall pine. This mulch promotes root growth of rhododendron are superficial.

The phlomis and cysts whose crumpled flowers in May-June are superb keep a certain appeal in winter, provided the cut regularly.


The evergreen periwinkles has greened at once and I see already the first buttons.

Some dried flowers are as decorative, especially when there is frost, those of the panicle hydrangea that I will leave up to the size of late winter and those of sedums, perennial ornamental unavoidable since 9 months to 12.

And then there are some fruits, those nandina, despised by many birds, however, despite their beautiful red color and those rather curious that the Exochorda does not prevent the shrub to bloom generously in April.

All These thoughts lead me to the conclusion it will take a bit more room for evergreen shrubs and ornamental and fruit, the garden is already occupied by many perennials, flowering shrubs and roses, for which I have a weakness, the hardest part will be making a selection.

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