June 2019 – GWENNIESGARDENWORLD

June 30, 2019

Passionflower alias passiflora caerulea is a very easy climber but it selfseeds everywhere in the garden. The caerula is the most winterhardy of them all. The flower is so pretty, they only open for one day and then it starts making the fruit, after a while you get a yellow oval fruit, so you always have buds, flowers, green unripe fruit and yellow ripe fruit. I cut them back really hard each year as they can grow 6 meters long (19 feet) per season. But I love to have it in my garden.

**passiflora caerulea or passionflower**

This one is growing in an evergreen bush.

Have a great weekend all and thanks for your visit.

June 26, 2019

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

June 24, 2019June 28, 2019

A PRESENT FROM THE BIRDS

When I was doing my round in the garden I suddenly saw a beautiful white flower between the leafs of my fig tree, when I did some further investigation I saw the top of a carrot and from there a long stem with a white flower and buds, I never sow carrots in the garden ( I do in the greenhouse but I use ribbons with seeds on) so these beautiful flower must be a present from the birds. Thank you birds ! I am going to sow a lot of carrot seeds in the garden now to have carrotflowers!!

**ONE OF THE MANY BUDS ON A SINGLE CARROT**

Have a great week and keep cool as the temperatures are rising fast !!!

June 19, 2019

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

June 17, 2019

WATER SOLDIER

Water soldier (STRATIOTES ALOIDES) is a fast growing, fast reproducing pond plant that helps keeping your pond water clean. This one has very sharp leaf edges but a pretty white flower.

After a period of heavy rain and thunder storms we finally are have a nice sunny day, not that I minded all the rain as we need every drop we can get. But my roses looked so pretty a while ago and now they are all rained out. And so are some of my other plants, but they’ll be beautiful again soon.

Have a great week you all !

June 16, 2019