Auricula theatre

                                                                Dear readers,
I hope you had a wonderful week and enjoyed your gardens! Now that the weather is better again, I spent a lot of time in my garden. Today I´d like to show you my new auricula theatre. I love auriculas and think it is quite a pity that they can hardly be found in garden centres in Austria. I first saw auriculas at a plant market in Vienna a year ago and have been collecting some since then. The great thing about auriculas is that unlike other plants such as roses, they don´t need much space at all, and thus even people with a small garden or terrace can build up a large collection if gripped by the auricula  fever. I love pots that look aged and think that auriculas look great in such pots. Except the three pots in the reddish terracotta, I made the pots for the auriculas myself, mixing two different clays to give the pots an aged look. Since I wasn´t very keen on the blue plastic name tags I bought the auriculas with, I also made them new name tags. As you will see from my collection, I like the double auriculas the most.
Hope you enjoy!
Lisa

                                       Samantha                                                  Rose Conjou

                               Lisa  and Anne Hyatt                                      Grey Ladywood

                                         Samatha                                                        Lisa

           

                                                                                 David Beckham              

 

               Stromboli                                                    Lisa and Anne Hyatt                  

Samantha and Rose Conjou

      

Passendale

Garden Bloggers´ Bloom Day April 2017

                                                                 Dear readers,

Having written a short post yesterday, I didn´t intend to blog today. However, while looking at other people´s blogs (Christina´s organicgardendreams) I came upon Garden Bloggers´ Bloom Day hosted by Carol from May Dreams Gardens. Liking the idea a lot, I decided to participate. I´d like to share some pictures of my new garden, which as some of you might already know, I took over from my parents.  Hope you enjoy!

Tulipa Purple Crystal

Fritillaria persica Adiyaman

Tulipa Shirley

Tulipa Mount Tacoma

Tulipa Purple Crystal

Tulipa Mount Tacoma

Tulipa Dream Touch

Tulipa Flaming Flag

Tulipa Angelique

Tulipa Shirley

I created these two borders in the middle of the garden last September. Before, it was all lawn there. At the end of the borders I positioned a bank, which at the same time is a rose arch. When I started the borders last year, my parents told me that the borders looked like graves. However, I personally really like the borders and I am sure that as soon as the plants have established and grown to a certain hight, the borders will look great. I already imagine myself walking through the two borders and also enjoying the plants while sitting on the bank. I planted many old roses in the borders and also some peonies, alliums, lavender and other plants and can´t wait for them to bloom. I am really excited about how the borders will look some years from now.

Usually I am not very fond of yellow plants, but I think this lime yellow blooms of Euphorbia characias look wonderful in combination with purple and dark red tulips.  

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Tulipa Purple Crystal

Tulipa Angelique

Tulipa Shirley

Tulipa Dream Touch

some auricluas

Primula Auricula Dark Eyes

Primula Auricula Gwenda

                                                                      Best wishes,
                                                                            Lisa