In the summer you can enjoy the plants and flowers.
Sometimes there are also less nice moments. In June 2004 during a storm my staghorn
sumac has blown down. My woman complained sometimes about too much shade and
she was right.But nevertheless....
A
beautiful plant is the valerian
or Jupiter's beard. It always reminds me of our holidays in Ireland. There they were growing
and flowering everywhere in the walls. So they need not much water or fertile
soil. When they are out of flower, you can cut them off and you have in autumn
still nice flowers. An Atalanta on your trousers gives a good feeling.
In the pond the ‘Firecrest'
Waterlily (Nymphaea firecrest) is flowering much better now.
I’ve moved it to a more sunny place. It’s not a large species, but
that’s just nice. It flowers from June to September. Water depth:30to 80
centimetres. It has got the name fire (fire)because the colourof
the stamens. These change from yellow to orange. Flowers seem to
spread a sweet fragrance. But when you want to smell it, you have to put it
in a mini pond.
Against the house we have a Climbing
Rose
(Rosa New Dawn). In fact the spot is to dark in the summer, because the
shade of the chestnuts. Still it is flowering. Perhaps with less flowers,
but they are nice and smell delicious.
It blooms
to late spring. On the winter page there is also a photo. The
pale pink blooms are scented
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