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August 31, 2022

It has been hot lately and dry, so the garden doesn’t look good at the moment, there are a lot of dry leaves of plants and of tree’s, it looks like autumn at the moment. But I found a few nice flowers who still looked good.

This annual malva is so heath resistant, on a hot day the leafs are hanging vertically on the plant and you think it is going to die, but the next morning it surprises you and it looks fresh again with normal leafs. I was amazed !

**ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN** or Persian silk tree

This tree is also heath resistant, it is a bee magnet, the whole tree is buzzing during the day. In the evening the leafs close up. It is filled with beautiful pink and white flowers , but with the heath they fade faster than usual. It is not a huge tree, ideal for smaller gardens.

This begonia is a bulb plant, I bought a few of these several years ago, I put them in a pot in Spring and they bloom all Summer long, in Autumn I take the bulbs out of their pot and put them in an old newspaper and in a frost free but cold room. In Spring I put them again in new soil in pots. They thrive in the shade but they need moist soil. An old lady told me she had the same begonia’s for over 50 years !!! And each year they were covered in flowers.

This is a flower on one of my hibiscus bushes, they too fade sooner now that it is so hot but it is an easy bush, they come in many different colours and they are a real asset in your garden. They are winterdardy in Western-Europe but not in colder area’s.

This is one of my fuchsia plants, most of them like living in the shade in a pot, in moist soil. This one is in the sun, as you can see but I put it there to make this picture.

Have a great weekend and enjoy your garden.

July 9, 2022

LATEST PICTURES FROM MY GARDEN.

**GOLDEN ROD, ALWAYS PRETTY IN THE GARDEN**

**PINK MALVA, PERRENIAL AND WINTERHARDY**

**VERBENA BONARIENSIS IN FRONT OF THE POND, THE POND IS COVERED WITH DUCKWEED, IN THE BACK YOU CAN SEE LADIES MANTLE**

We are expecting really hot tropical weather next week, I am not really happy with it , at the moment the garden is lush and green but hot weather can ruin a lot.

Have a great weekend !

July 6, 2022

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

June 14, 2022

IN BLOOM AT THE MOMENT

I can’t believe it is June already. The days are flying by and there is still a lot to do in the garden. I am trying to make the garden easier to maintain by planting many ground covering plants to contain the weeds. The weeds are growing in the crazyest places !! The garden looks green and lush at the moment, we had good warm weather but also a few cooler days with lots of rain.

**BORAGE FLOWERS, ALWAYS A PRETTY SIGHT**

There are more plants and bushes in bloom ofcourse but thats for next time.

I was late this year sowing the anuals so they are not in bloom yet. But the ones I bought for the windowsills are blooming nicely.

Take care !

May 27, 2022

HAPPY BUMBLE BEE’S

The bumblebee’s are very happy at the moment, the chives are in full bloom and are getting a lot of bummbles. I love to see that.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND !!!

May 20, 2022

PICTURES FROM THE GARDEN.

At the moment we get lots of rain, we welcome it with open arms. It has been so dry the past months and windy and hot, the drought was getting dramatic. Reserves are low as we have had several very dry years. Especially the farmers were getting desperate. It was even too dry to sow seeds.

But I took a few pictures of my garden when the weather was sunny and hot.

**SNOWBALL** (always a pretty sight in the garden)

**GERANIUM MACRORHIZUM (this is a superplant)**

**GERANIUM SANGUINEUM (blooms for a long long time)**

The grapes are growing, the figs, the tomatoes and the peppers are growing so I am happy.

I am still working in the garden, trying to make it easier to maintain, less space for weeds as I am getting older, but lately it was just too hot for me, so when the rain is gone temperatures will be lower and it will be better to work.

Have a great weekend all !!