Tag: perennials
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Lilium
One of my very favorite flowers – I was so happy to discover, that – despite their elegant looks – lilies will work in my garden! Addendum 2025: The lilies are in their third year now and instead of the plants getting bigger there are fewer and smaller flowers this year. It may just be this…
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Erysimum cheiri
I love the scent of Erysimum cheiri and since it is a Mediterran native, I sowed some in October 2024. I sowed it around the edges of the raised vegetable beds since I had some space left and directly sowing in the garden doesn’t always work out well. The plants came up and grew very…
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Anisodontea
Anisodontea or Cape Mallow is another plant I would never have thought of planting myself but which I had grown rather fond of. My mother gave it to me 2021. It had been grown from a cutting as an indoor plant in cold Ulm, Germany. When we came here I planted it in the garden,…
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Cistus
Cistus, along with Helianthemum, Halimium and Tuberaria, are members of the rock rose family. They are native perennials of the Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern regions. These small evergreen shrubs can be found all over the garrigue here which is what convinced me to plant them in our garden. They bloom mostly in April…
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Erysimum linifolium Bowles Mauve
I love the wonderful heady perfume of Erysimum cheirii but they seem a bit difficult for a low-maintenance mediterranean garden. So I decided to try Erysimum linifolium Bowles Mauve in a very pretty lilac color. It’s a perennial (if supposedly short-lived – remains to be seen) evergreen shrub, flowering from March ito July and forming…
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Anthyllis barba-jovis
Anthyllis barba-jovis is a small mediterranean shrub for sunny locations and very well-drained, poor soil. It flowers yellowish-white in late spring and its silvery-green soft foliage is persistent. It tolerates drought very well (Olivier Filippi code secheresse 5 of 6) and is hardy to -12°C. It grows to about 125 x 80 cm and should…