Garden Pictures Chat Corner

…..with the pruning shears.

Nordlys, I really like the stone borders and your stone wall anyway. What kind of roses are going on the rose arch? The only thing that seems a bit too sterile to me is your garden, is the style intended that way (many people like it that way) or what is your rough plan, what might still come?

Today I dug up a lot of mountain cornflowers in one place and replanted them in the front garden. Saves money^^. And my roses are also slowly picking up, the third variety is now showing its first bloom. I have had 4 of these pretty "Dagmar Hastrup" in the front garden since last year. Very pretty groundcover rose with a wild character, blooming repeatedly and grows to about 80cm high.

At the Clematis arch. Planted yesterday. Sterile. Yes. Only, it takes time... it is very windy here and very dry and not too warm, you have to be patient with the plants.

I did not mean that as criticism - because as I said, either you might have liked it (many do) or it is simply not intended, then you just have to be patient, as you already said. Many plants take years to properly establish themselves and many simply need many years to reach a nice growth height. So in your case, it's just that the garden still needs its time, which is completely legitimate.

Over time, a lot has overgrown – as can be seen here in the wildest terraced house garden in our estate. May the buyer take pleasure in it... We suddenly needed the fence height as a temporary measure with the new dog. He jumped and went hunting. Meanwhile, the dog is 11 years old and the fence has not been replaced. The three boxes at the bottom left are our vegetable and herb supply, one with a Makrolon flap – like a greenhouse. The beach chair has a cover for the rain. At some point, we got tired of having a lawn. The Liquidambar is now 12 years old and has grown far too large but is a wonderful tree with all the colors in autumn. A bit shabby-chic.

I didn’t mean that as criticism – because as I said, either you might have liked it (many people do) or it’s simply not intended, then you just have to be patient, as you already said. Many plants take years to really establish themselves and many simply need many years to reach a nice height. So in your case, it’s just that the garden still needs its time, which is completely legitimate.

You know, we moved in in 9-2017. Back then, there was zero nada nothing. A construction site wasteland. No grass, no shrub. Then, out of concern about spending too much money, we got B-grade plants from the local nursery for 200,- what no one else wanted anymore, and planted them in the otherwise fertile, just quite clayey soil. Everything took root, even the almost dried-up lilac recovered, the grass also grew in 2018. But our area has a problem that excites the tourism managers. It’s extremely dry and sunny and windy here. Pure sea air. The entire April and now until 19.5. we had three millimeters of rain. We water and irrigate, but growth is slow, and some plants also have to struggle with the wind. Under 5 m per sec is almost never, 10 m per sec is almost normal. Well, it’s getting there, with patience and some love we will get the greenery to grow big. Karsten