Tag: scented garden
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Medicago arborea
Medicago arborea is a native shrub of the Mediterranean Basin, where it grows wild on rocky shores. It is used as fodder for animals and apparently the leaves can be eaten in salads. I haven’t tried it yet… Like all Medicago, it can fix nitrogen in the soil. It grows up to about 150 x…
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Oh My Darling Clementine…
I was hankering after a citrus tree and I needed to have something vertical on the terrace… so I planted a clementine tree in a large pot. At the moment I’m not sure whether that was really a good idea or more a bit of plant abuse. I planted this “Clemenules” (Citrus reticulata, Clementina fina)…
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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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Trachelospermum jasminoides
This native of the Far East ist widely cultivated in Mediterranean gardens. It is a vigorous evergreen climber that can grow up to 6 meters high and 3 meters wide. Its very fragrant flowers will perfume the whole garden or terrace in May and June. Trachelospermum jasminoides will flower in full sun or (partial) shade…
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Springtime Bulbs 2025
As planned I tried out some additional bulbs that should work well in the sometimes pretty hot spring sun we have here in this Mediterranean garden. Last fall I added: New Tulips Not new but for the first time very beautiful: normally the flowers of Tulipa fosteriana “Flaming Purissima” fade very fast on sunny March…
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Lobularia maritima
Another one of those seemingly boring little things that turn out to be “superplants” in the dry garden. Lobularia maritima is a Mediterranean native and a fast-growing, long-blooming ground cover with small white or purple, honey-scented flowers. In my garden, depending on location, they bloom in the spring before going dry in the summer (can…