Tag: perennials
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Euphorbias
There’s practically no mediteranean garden – indeed not even a wild mediterranean landscape – without Euphorbias. I love the luminous bright green color and the pretty little flowers of wild Euphorbias appearing all over the place in February and March when there’s not much else. And I have grown to love the structural look of…
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Echium amoenum Red Feathers
This Iranian native is a pretty little (40x20cm) perennial in well-draining soil. I planted it in February 2025 and hope it has survived its replanting in the fall and the very wet winter we’ve been having. It flowers in late spring and doesn’t need a lot of water. It may reseed itself. In Iran it…
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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 there are. Iris varieties grow wild everywhere around here, from small Iris lutescens in the…
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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, even those said to be robust and resistant. And there are a lot of aspects…
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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 was rather underwhelming with the tips of its leaves constantly brown. Too much water? Not…
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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 never to be seen again. But, after I had totally given up on this plant,…