The Leufsta Peony in many forms and a strange onion at our cottage

In my village Lövstabruk I often visit Josephina and her Lövstabruks Trädgårdsmästeri/Garden center from 1730's.

I love the athomsphere plus it's a pleasure to chat with Josephine the Gardener/Owner which is passionate about old plants and old garden traditions.

She have a lot of older Pelargoniums in the greenhouse

There is some traditional plants from Lövstabruks Manor house and garden that have been there for many, many years and it is hard to actually say where they come from and when.

One of them that atleast have been here from the end of 1800's, which then where pictured in the then German style garden and that is whats now called the Leufsta Peony.

You can find it here in the Manor House garden and green house, but also in many of the gardens in the village.

It's actually a few different versions of it and Josephine think it has been 7 variations from the beginning.

I have one of them planted in my garden this spring, but will not know until next year hopefully what colour I got. Exciting!

Beautiful settings

The colour of this Lupine is breath taking

So is this Geranium Magnificum/Kungsnäva

Lamium/Rosenplister

This light pink Geranium/Näva I have in my garden as well, bought here.

I planted them in my Iris flowerbed to accent the sharp Iris leafs

Yesterday I wen't to our summer cottage by the Baltic Sea & the river Dalälven to re-dig the composts.

On the way there do I pass these beautiful fields of summer flowers, Blue bells just now.

Well at the cottage I'm always enjoying my mothers cottage garden and it's flowers

We composting everything here, from the garden and the kitchen, with great results. It's such a satisfaction to know you're doing the right thing, and get rewarded with brown gold!

Down by the water we recently discovered a new plant down there in the edge.

We first thought it was a weed, but it looked strange and tasted/smelled Chives/Gräslök but is much sturdier and longer.

Yesterday I discovered a small thicker opening high up on the grass not bigger than a cwntimeter, and out looked small small pinkish onions and a very small yellow flower!

It tastes like mild onion!

Is it anyone that can tell me what it is?

Well with some sparkly water I leave You for now!

Thank You for the visit, Per!

Flower bed in the Shade and a Special Lilac

Just below my Kitchen window that facing north do I want to put my favorit flowers and plants, the ones that loves the shade.

Always had a fascination for Fern (Ormbunke) and similar plants, specially since my visit on Stewart Island in south New Zealand where I hiked in a forrest of Furn, Magic! This will be in a tad smaller scale though ;)

On my beautiful wood and Granite barn sits a couple of ugly things: Electrical lockets, had to hide them, with a Lilac!

My Newly Planted flowers in the Perennial Flowerbed already start to draw attention to the right kind of creatures: the Bee's :D Here on the Anemone (Höstanemon) September Charm

The Echinacea (Rudeckia) looks great even if it's a tad late for them :D

My Kitchen window facing North and will be in the shade most of the day so here I can do my Shadow Flower bed. I moved the lawn elsewhere, and just needed to turn the extremely dark and fine soil with the pitchfork a few times plus some Bone meal (Benmjöl).

Here again my plan was a raised bed, but maybe next year, now I put a plank between the gravel and the sones that cover the seating area to the left.

I placed out the plants to see where they would look best, I know it's a lot for such a small place, but I will divide them next year and move some to other places.

The high Ferns (Ormbunkar) in the back and the Funkias and others in the frontish. 

Descition taken and all is planted plus springbulbs.

From left to right; Lamium (Rosenplister) "Beacon Silver", Unknown Funkia from our cottage, Funkia Lime, Unknown Fern from our cottage, Ostrich Fern (Strutbräken), Funkia "Praying Hands", Heuchera "Palace Purple", Unknown Fern from our cottage, Unknown Funkia from our cottage, Japanese Mahonia Fern & Fern "Deer Tounge".

Besides that, a lot of Springbulbs, same as in the Perennial Flower bed; Wild Tulips and Fritillaria Meleagris (Kungsängslilja).  

So what to do with these horrible Electric lockers, they are very much visible from the kitchen window and the seating area

I decided on putting a Lilac (Syrén) there that I will let grow fairly freely to cover them in a couple of years. This Lilac plant is what we in Sweden call Farmer Lilac, a very hardy and fragant Lilac, very typical for the Swedish countryside.

 

What is special with this specific plant? 

In the 60´s when my family built a new villa in Skutskär, further up north in Uppland did my dad work in this area for the Swedish Telecom (Televerket). He worked all round this farming area and along the coast. 

When we decided to plant a Lilac hedge did he know about this abandoned farmhouse that had lots of Lilacs. We went here and digged up plants for our new house. 

Then for 25 years ago did we buy our cottage by the Baltic coast in the northern Uppland. I took shoots from our Lilac and planted there.

This is a plant from the very same Lilac we took from this area nearly 50 years ago :D

Have a great day all, See You later, Per!