Tag: flowers
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Eschscholzia californica
As I keep saying: I don’t really like orange or yellow flowers. But there are some lifelong favorite exceptions like Calendula officinalis or Eschscholzia californica. You just have to love these totally uncomplicated flowers with their deeply luminous orange color and their silky petals. I also love their “cooler” cream-white shades though. Eschscholzia californica or…
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Gaura Lindheimeri
Supposedly Gaura Lindheimeri should thrive in this climate and I’ve been dreaming of large swathes of them swaying in the breeze. But I’ve not had much luck so far. Since 2022 I’ve planted quite a few and until last fall all of them either died or looked sick and weak – despite tender loving care…
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Echinops ritro / bannaticus
Another one of those “I would never have planted it myself but now I love it!”-plants. I dislike the feel of prickly plants, that’s the main reason I never before considered Echinops for my various gardens. But since it was already here I let it be – and fell in love. Its blue color is…
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Catananche caerulea
A very pretty, cornflower-like flower in blue, lilac, or white with a blue middle, depending on variety. Catananche caerulea supposedly blooms June through July, in my garden it blooms profusely all through May and then a little bit less in June. The flowers are followed by pretty transparent seedheads that stay on the plant for…
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Geranium
In Switzerland I always had Geranium “Rozanne” – it is one of the longest flowering and most vigorously growing Geraniums I knew and I loved to see those gorgeous blue flowers all over my garden. But alas, it’s not made for dry Southern climes or soils. So for this garden I’m using as ground covers…
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Calendula
I don’t really like “hot” colors in flowers, like yellow, orange, or red. But there are some I can’t resist. Among them is Calendula officinalis or Marigold – one of my alltime favorites. Marigold thrives in a Mediterranean Garden When we first arrived here I tossed a package of calendula seeds in the vegetable garden and…