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A Day Trip To Estonia
A wonderful lady over at Klorofylli.com, a gardening site with an active forum of Finnish gardening enthusiast, decided to arrange a day trip to Estonia a few weeks ago. I was very happy to join the trip. Our main stop was Nurga Puukool, a really good nursery with an adjoining arboretum that was hosting a small fair for smaller nurseries. We went there by a large bus, took the first morning ferry and started out with the wonderfully picturesque Nomme market. From there on, we continued to Nurga Puukool which is a really good nursery, especially for pine enthusiasts, otherwise it is really good but not exceptional. The adjoining Ellamaa…
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Oh Åland Part 3
As promised, the last garden and shopping on Åland with my fellow members of Blomsterodlingens vänner. Ahvenanmaan viikonloppuni viimeinen puutarha ja shoppailua muiden Blomsterodlingens vänner:eitten kanssa. Mitt veckoslut på Åland med Blomsterodlingens vänner inkluderade ännu en trädgård och shopping! In the picture above / kuvassa yllä / på bilden ovan: a beautiful Geranium collection from the last garden / kaunis pelargonikokoelma viimeisestä puutarhasta / en vacker pelargonsamling från den sista trädgården. Could that be / voisiko siinä olla / kan det vara Hosta ’Krossa Regal’? + Dianthus barbatus & Lamium sp. A nice citrus tree + peonies / sitruspuu ja hieno pionipenkki / ett citrusträd och en vacker pionrabatt Really…
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Oh, Åland Part 1
Oh, Åland indeed, Åland [ˈoːland], the small group of islands between Finland and Sweden which are a bit special and very beautiful. I visited the islands with Blomsterodlingens vänner i Finland, BOVarna, and as my friends in that club are most likely to read this post, I am going to write mostly in Swedish for a change 🙂 Kävin Ahvenanmaalla Blomsterodlingens vänner i Finland, BOVareitten kanssa, joten oletan että minulla olisi tähän enimmäkseen kiinnostuneita lukijoita ruotsiksi joten jatkan sillä 🙂 Jag besökte alltså Åland med Blomsterodlingens vänner i Finland, BOVarna, för litet mer än en vecka sedan. Det var Bovarnas årliga trädgårdsresa för i år som den här gången gick inrikes. Vartannat år reser…
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Early Peonies
Paeonia x arendsii ‘Mai Fleuri’ and my greenhouse. Someone might have garnered that I’m quite fond of peonies based on my trip to the Peony Festival back in April. It’s quite funny how truly northerly Finland is, since now on the 14th of June, the same plants that flowered in China flower over here. My wonderful tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Feng Dan Bai’ flowers right now with eight flowers, my newer tree peony (of uncertain lineage) will soon open at least one bud and the herbaceous ones; Paeonia x arendsii ‘Mai Fleuri’ and Paeonia emodi ‘Windflower’ have both shown their prettiest sides. Paeonia emodi ‘Windflower’ On ehkä ollut mahdollista arvata,…
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Fair Loot
One of the main reasons for visiting a garden fair is always the potential loot. Pictured here are two newly repotted geraniums, Pelargonium sidoides and P.’Minstrel Boy’. Both dark red. En av det viktigaste grejerna med trädgårdsmässor är ju givetvis bytet: här syns två nyplanterade småplantor av Pelargonium sidoides och en av två P. ’Minstrel Boy’. Puutarhamessujen vierailuihin on olemassa muutama tärkeä syy ja yksi niistä on ehdottomasti saalistaminen. Yllä pikkutaimina hankitut Pelargonium sidoides (2 kpl) ja P. ’Minstrel Boy’. Fuchsias: 12 all in all, 2 each of 6 different varieties. Mostly with fairly small flowers. Det ska bli ett fuchsiaår för min del: 12 sticklingar (2 st av 6 olika sorter)…
