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Jardins de Bellevue
The Jardins de Bellevue are one of my absolute favorite types of gardens. The gardens are meandering and well thought out woodland gardens, which feature a lot of rare and stunning perennials, shrubs and trees. In addition to that they are set in a beautiful landscape that they make the most of. In the first picture probably a Halesia carolina. Xanthoceras sorbifolium, this might have been the first time I even heard of this tree… One of the paths Magnolia sinensis Rosa cantabrigiensis Trillium grandiflorum ‘Flore Pleno’ And so much else, I’ve just decided to stick to around 5 pictures per French garden, otherwise I would not get anything else…
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Back in October
It’s most certainly one of the dullest times of the year in terms of gardening. The grasses in my new border look a bit interesting and the Nandina domestica still has all it’s leaves, but otherwise, it’s quite dreary and most of time it’s dark! Still, a few weeks ago there were a few highlights, these are some of them: In the first picture a Forsythia. Clematis ‘Anita’ Nandina domestica The last flower of my Lilium speciosum
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The Heights I Want to Reach
When my grandmother was my age or perhaps even younger, she doesn’t remember exactly, she planted a larch. I think it’s a Japanese one, Larix kaempferii, but I’m not one hundred percent sure. I’d say it’s something between 12-15 meters high today. Both my grandmother and my grandfather, when he was alive, were quite interested in gardening and I think my mother and I have respectively taken it even further. Not that far from my grandmother’s larch I have planted a Metasequoia glyptostroboides. It’s fairly exotic for Finland, but so far it has survived. It’s almost 3 meters high. I thought I had bought it from a garden center, but…
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Le Vasterival
Le Vasterival was the garden that I was most looking forward to seeing on our trip. It is world renown and it is one that I had not been able to visit before, as you can only visit it as part of a group. It was created by Princess Greta Sturdza and her husband Prince Georges Sturdza of Moldavia in the mid-twentieth century and Princess Greta continued to develop it until her death a few years ago.It is a spectacular collector’s garden that still manages to be very beautiful. The plants are planted in naturalistic groupings, mostly in a woodland setting. The combinations are stunning. An exquisite Acer palmatum All sorts…
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Parc du Bois des Moutiers
This gorgeous house was originally created by the famous English architect Edward Lutyens and the park was influenced by Gertrude Jekyll. It’s in the Arts and Crafts style that the pair represented. The park is 12 hectares and it’s situated on a slope towards the sea. The gardens near the house and more formal and towards the sea there are beautiful woodland areas with a lot of Rhododendron, rare trees and azaleas. It is truly a stunning place! The pergola Lovely Viburnum Beautiful Rhododendron And a sweet azalea.