That Noise!

by | Jun 21, 2019 | creepy crawlies, everything, plants

One single bumble bee representing the crowd that won’t hold still for the photo: All different kinds of bees and some butterflies too. People might say that Cotoneaster frigidus is not a very desireable plant. But it is a true bee-magnet. Just listen to that...

Back in May

by | Jun 20, 2019 | everything, gardens, plants

I had to wait outside the new US embassy in London for three hours and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The landscape design with a lake, waterfall, prairie planting and north-american trees makes the place feel like a genorous, open and very modern public garden. The latter...

My Favourite Poppy

by | Jun 14, 2019 | everything, plants

This poppy looks so fragile. As if it will only last for a few minutes. May I introduce you to my favourite poppy: Papaver nudicaule “Champagne Bubbles”, paper-thin petals, very posh wrinkles as well as unshaved legs!

Bye bye Forget-me-nots

by | May 25, 2019 | everything, plants

See you next year! They can a bit invasive. But also the blue froth of flowers just has the most lovely shade of pale blue. So, what can you do? I leave them, where they don’t smother other plants and say goodbye before they go all brown and...

An Orange Beard

by | May 24, 2019 | everything, plants

“Attention Please” is it’s name. This isn’t about ginger hipsters… the orange beard belongs to an iris, which is otherwise dark purple. The buds are pitch black before they open and this gorgeous flower unfolds.