WHITE OLEANDER
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
ARUNCUS DIOICUS ( goats beard)
SILENT SUNDAY
CLIMBING HYDRANGEA( hydrangea petiolaris)
LADY IN WHITE
At the moment my climbing rose GUIRLANDE D’AMOUR looks like a lady in a weddingdress who wears a lovely perfume. My whole garden smells of her !
THIS IS HOW SHE LOOKEDÂ LIKE ABOUT LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO
SHE STARTED SLOW, ONLY A FLOWER HERE AND THERE
A FEW DAYS LATER SHE LOOKED LIKE THIS
AND HERE SHE IS IN FULL BLOOM LOOKING LIKE AÂ REAL BRIDE
HERE YOU GET A CLOSER LOOK AT HER BLOOMS
Have a great weekend all and enjoy your garden if you can, it will make you completely zen. Thanks for visiting !
PORTRET OF A TREE
I have only a few tree’s in my garden as my garden is not so big. The biggest tree I have is a European oak tree, it was only a few inches high when we planted it at the end of our garden. Then we have an Albizzia which is my favorite and last but not least we turned an Amelanchier lamarckii bush (snowy mespilus) into a tree which grew over the years to a tree that is about 4 meters ( 14 feet) in width and about 6 meteres (19 feet) in height. The perfect tree on one condition : do not plant it close to your terrace !!!
In Winter it gives a nice skeleton in which we hang birdfeeders of all sorts.
In Spring it is a terrible nuissance as a big part of it hangs over our terrace, first we get the beautiful flowers which attract an enormous amount of bees,but the peels of the buds fall on the terrace, then the flowers fade and fall off while the leafs are comming up, the new leafs are fresh and beautiful but the peels of the buds and the fallen flowers give a big mess.
Really soon after all that the berries are growing, at first they are green and then they turn red and in the end purple when they are ripe and then the feast begins.The birds go crazy for the ripe berries but at the same time they eat the berries they drop something else on our terrace…
Autumn comes soon for the Amelanchier and it gets beautiful coloured leafs before they all fall down, and yes, on our terrace.
So what I want to tell you about this tree is : do NOT plant it close to your terrace !! For the rest it is a beautiful tree for a not so big garden, it attracts a lot of bees and birds and it is even beautiful to look at in Winter, when you put one on your lawn or between hardy plants and small bushes the mess you get otherwise on your terrace turns to fertilizer for your lawn or else for the other plants, a win-win situation !
AMELANCIER LAMARCKII (snowy mespilus) IN FULL BLOOM
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BLOOMS
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF BERRIES
THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE LITTLE CHERRIES
Have a great day and enjoy your garden ! Thanks for visiting.
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
DIGITALIS
MORE ROSES IN MY GARDEN
Every day more roses open in my garden and at the moment my whole garden smells of roses.
I DON’T KNOW THE NAME OF THIS ROSE BUT I LOVE THE COLOUR.
ROSA CONSTANCE SPRY
ROSA THE PILGRIM
RAMBLER ROSE SEAGULL (this is a rose that selfseeds)
RAMBLER ROSE SEAGULL (this on selfseeded in the middle of a skimmia japonica)
THISÂ PICTURE OF ROSA GUIRLANDE D’AMOURÂ WAS TAKEN ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO
THIS IS THE SAME ROSE TODAY
I hope you’ll all have a wonderful week ! Thanks for visiting !
SILENT SUNDAY
ROSE
MORE GARDEN BLOOMS
The garden is doing great at the moment what with the warmth and the regular rain. The green is still looking fresh and lush and it makes me feel zen. Sitting on the terrace with a drink and watching it all grow and watching the birds on the feeders and near the pond for a bath, watching the bee’s and the dragonflies drinking in the pond and eating here and there, I can definitely say I enjoy it a lot !
VIBURNUM, I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE AS IT WAS A GIFT FROM THE BIRDS, I NEVER PLANTED IT.
DIGITALIS IN FRONT OF SOME FERNS. THE FERNS AND THE DIGITALIS SELFSEED EVERYWHERE BUT I REMOVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE NOT WANTED.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DIGITALIS FLOWERS
THE TOP OF THE DIGITALIS STALK
THE BUD OF A HOSTA
ROSA CONSTANCE SPRY, THERE IS A RUSSIAN VINE ( fallopia baldschuanica)Â GROWING TROUGH IT, IT GROWS LIKE MAD BUT MY HUSBAND USES IT TO FEED HIS BIRDS
Have a great weekend all and thanks for your visit !
GARDEN PICTURES
At the moment we are having heavy rain , hail and a thunderstorm, it’s not too bad so I don’t mind as we need all the rain we can get at the moment.
More and more blooms are appearing in my garden and that makes me happy.
DAYLILY
FLOWERS OF THE SPIREA BETULIFOLIA
LAMIUM WHITE NANCY, THEY GET WHITE FLOWERS AS WELL
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM, ONE OF THE SMALLER GARDEN GERANIUMS
THIS IS A WHITE GERANIUM SANGUINEUM, ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLER GERANIUMS BUT IT GROWS LOOSER AND A BIT HIGHER THAN IT’S PINK RELATIVE
ALCHEMILLA MOLLIS OR LADIES MANTLE
June looks very promising ! I’ve never had so many rosebuds as this year.
Have a great day and thanks for your visit.
GWENNIESGARDENWORLD 
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