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Even a dry garden gets some rain. 203 liters/sqm between October and March. I have no idea whether that’s a lot for this region but at the beginning of the week alone we had 60 liters/sqm. With deep puddles in…
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Mediterranean Iris
Live and learn… I had always thought of Iris as a delicate and overbred plant for experienced gardeners. But when I came here I found out that Iris is one of the most robust, hardy, drought and heat resistant flowers…
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Anemones for springtime color
Anemone blanda Anemone blanda (“Grecian windflower” or “Balkan anemone”) may be an unpresuming little flower but it is far from being bland. As soon as the spring sun comes out in March and throughout April it makes for very pretty…
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Euonymus japonicus
Euonymus japonicus is an East Asian native but very popular as hedge plant or shrub in France because it is easy, robust, and evergreen. It is also drought-resistant once established and hardy to -15℃. We have two different kinds in…
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The Orchard
This garden had been an orchard once upon a time. There was a cherry plum (prunus cerasiferus) that had created its own little forest, damaging the garden wall in the process. A big old fruit tree of unknown kind that…
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Sternbergia lutea
One of those nice discoveries in an old garden: brillant yellow crocus flowers appearing after the first rains in September and lasting til October. The leaves stay around until the spring, the plant then draws back into the bulb over…