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It was worth a try. I noticed this bright green plant growing in big swathes in the shade of a hedge along the Canal du Midi in 2023. Since I was then still in the phase of throwing plants at…
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Mediterranean Fruit – the Orchard 2025
It’s been a year since the last orchard “status report” 2024. Time for an update: Pyrus / Pear Tree “Clapp’s Favorite” I covered the ground around the tree with horse manure and green waste in October. In April the tree looked very…
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Roses for a Mediterranean Garden
A garden without roses? It’s possible but is it necessary? I did my research in 2022 and chose what I thought was a varied selection of robust roses. My experience so far shows that there are huge differences between varieties,…
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Valeriana locusta & cornucopia
Growing vegetables during the Mediterranean winter is as easy as sowing/planting in October/November and harvesting from January on. Last fall I sowed sugar snap peas, cima di rapa, wild chicory, salsify, purple cauliflower, radiccio, lattughino, lamb’s lettuce and fedia etc.…
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Cordyline australis
Overall not really a success story. I planted this garden center plant in the spring of 2023 in a pot on the very sunny and hot terrace. In the summer Egyptian locusts chomped on the leaves and the plant itself…
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Oenothera
In the past three years I’ve not had much luck with the Oenothera I planted myself. Several plants of Oenothera missouriensis and Oenothera speciosa, reputed to be a vigorous if not invasive ground cover, died a few months after planting…