Signe Tillisch coming home and New Flowerbeds in making

Two amazing days in the garden and it just get warmer and lighter by the day!

Perfect to be outside and forget time and have a thermos with coffee out there to be able to sit down for a Fika/coffee rbeak now and then to reflect.

In a few days time our village Garden center: Lövstabruks Trädgårdsmästeri opening up, can hardly wait

Today I wen't to Fredriksson's Plant in Östhammar to pick up my Apple tree "Signe Tillisch", a old Danish kind which I love in Apple Pies, and can be used far into the fall.

Well, I don't have a car, or drivers license for that matter. 4 meter tall Signe and I had to take the bus back home to Lövstabruk. But now she's home :D

I have started to work with my half shadow flowerbed north side of my barn. It's in shadow between 13:00 & 16:00 in the part I worked now.

First down is the Park Rhododendron Yakushimanum "Fantastica", 2x Bugle Ajuga Reptans/Revsuga & a Day Lily/Daglilja "Joan Senior".

More to come....

On the same north side of the barn, but with 80% shadow I plant Ferns and others along the wall

 The one above have no name, the one below is the stunning Dryopleris Affinis Fern

I also finished the preparations for the north bed in my "Formal" garden

It was hard work, a lot of slag stone/slaggsten and roots from the Snowberry/Snöbär bush, but worth it, the soil is amazing. When I can afford it I will buy a metal edge to put towards the hedge.

In the corner did I put a Japanese Cherry bush that I rooted myself. To give it a break from the Snowberry did I put it in a deep large bottomless plastic pot. We'll see if it survive!

In front of it is a large bowlshaped planter which i will make in to a water feature later,

And in the other end of the garden have the fight against the Nettle forrest/Brännässleskog begun.

There will be a path in the middle to the woodland, the Tarpaulins/Presenningar will be there 1-2 years, not pretty, but a must.

I Loooove when the garden get mixed up with the nature like the edges of the Snowberry bushes at the entrance

The beautiful White forrest Anemone/Vitsippa coming in uninvited, but oh so welcome!

Other progress in my garden just now:

My Climbing Hydrangea/Klätterhortensia already react quickly a few days after coming in the soil

 These fantastic Narcissus actually coming from IKEA and one of those cheap pots with bulbs You can buy there.

 The Rhubarb I got from Evy (unknown kind) are so amazingly powerful and a joy to look at

 Inside have my seedlings of the Organic Cucumber "Picolino" F1 grown out of the 1st pot and now put in larger full size ones until the moving out 

I hope You all have a great time wherever You are!

Don't forget to see the beauty that surround us, small or large!

"Aspectus Forma"

Sincerely, Per!

Winter in Funchals Jardim Muncipal, Madeira

A rainy day in the end of November did I visit the Island of Madeira and the capital Funchal.

As usual did I head for my favorite spot for coffee, the Jardim Municipal, also called Donna Amélia Garden.

It's only one block big in the middle of the city, a small, but still a magic oasis, well worth visiting.

Enjoy the garden in a winter dress:

This garden is forever changing during the year, but always worth seeing, if not for a cup of coffee at the café.

Next up is photos from Funchal Market, see You then, Per!

Villa Borghese Gardens, the lung of Rome

The other day when I was in Rome-Italy I decided to spend some time in Villa Borghese Gardens, this huge former private estate of the Borghese Family and now public park.

I know it's not really the flower season in Italy just now, but Borghese have spectacular trees as well.

Join we for a 4 hour promenade in the cool shade of huge pines and endless of other trees:

VILLA BORGHESE GARDENS

The Garden is situated on a hill above the city and have fantastic views, here over Piazza del Popolo

 This is the area above Piazza del Popolo

One of the few flowers still blooming, a Rose

Even in Rome they do have colorchange of leafs, but not much

Bougainvillea still in bloom, beautiful

There is antique statues everywhere, and they fit in the landscape perfectly. Love the Umbrella trees in Italy (Pines)

Its really intresting looking up in these pines, they don't grown in to eachother, they keep a strict border between their branches

 Many fountains and water features are scattered around the huge park

The promenade up to the Palace & Museum is packed with people and biking devices. The Museum have a waitlist for a couple of days and tickets can be ordered on-line

The Citrus Garden

 The Stunning Aviary in the Herbgarden

 Herbal Garden, nothing there now, but I can just imagine how beautiful it is

The Formal garden behind the Palace have many scupltures and formations.

There are huge planned forrest areas where people have picnics or stroll with the dogs

This is another view from the garden where it ends near the Spanish Steps

Thank You so much for joining me, next time I will show photos from another powerful Italian familys garden: Medici Familys garden Bobolo in Florence :D

Per!