Author: Angela
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Rheum rhabarbarum ‘Victoria’
Today, I’m going back to cataloging our oldest plants, if only so that I can have all their information in one place rather than bothering my poor friend (who lived here before us) whenever I forget. Possibly some of the oldest plants we have, this rhubarb patch dates back to the 1950s when the farm…
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Paeonia lactiflora ‘Garden Lace’
One more peony before we go back to the older stuff! This young lactiflora was planted in autumn 2022 and shot up really fast in the spring. It produced two huge buds in its first spring, which makes me hopeful for what it will do in the future. Paeonia lactiflora ‘Garden Lace’ (lactiflora = kiinanpioni)…
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Paeonia herbaceous hybrid ‘Lemon Chiffon’
I’m taking a break from cataloguing the older plants today because I wanted to share one of my favorite debuts this season. This peony was planted out late summer/early autumn of last year and you can see what it looked like in the slideshow below. All I ever saw of it were two tiny leaf…
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Six on Saturday | 8th July 2023
A week of mellow rain and sun has made a world of difference in the garden — flowers are popping up everywhere and the vegetable garden is looking lush but not yet overgrown. It’s a nice, if short, interlude. I took a walk through our adjoining forest this morning, hoping that the chanterelles might have…
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Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sarah Bernhardt’
You know what they say about making the most mistakes with your first child? It applies well to plants, too. I grew up in southern California, zone 10. We were at the edge of possibility for heat-tolerant roses and peonies were not even a remote possibility. So when we moved into our house (zone 5/6…
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Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Plena’
Today we are continuing with the theme of old-fashioned garden plants that are particularly associated with Finnish midsummer! This rose is more common than the peony in my previous post and is still sold regularly in garden stores. It’s more surprising to see an established garden here without one than with. Ours came with the…
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Paeonia officinalis ‘Nordic Paradox’
Last week was Midsummer (Juhannus in Finnish) and it’s a pretty big deal out here. The entire country goes on holiday to enjoy the endless sunshine and balmy (especially this year) weather. There are a few old-fashioned garden plants that are particularly associated with midsummer here because they tend to flower around that time. Now…
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Six on Saturday | 1st July 2023
This is my first time joining Six on Saturday, but I do love making lists! It’s been super dry and warm in our corner of Finland through most of June, which has taken its toll on the younger plants in our garden. Luckily, we had the wells to draw from and we made it through…
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June 2023 Vegetable Garden Tour
It’s been a month since my last vegetable garden update, so I thought I’d take you out into the garden today and show you what’s growing! Fair disclosure – I adore watching other people’s garden tours. I’m sure they make up a good portion of my watch history on Youtube. It’s horribly nosy but there…
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Omphalodes verna
This pretty little groundcover is one of the first things I see in the mornings upon leaving the house, since it carpets the flower bed just next to our front steps. At first, I mistook them for forget-me-nots, but closer inspection showed plenty of differences. Turns out, they are Omphalodes verna (kevätkaihonkukka), also known as…