2009/12/12



Frozen seed capsule with allot of tiny ice crystals, when the flower blooms it is yellow

Telekia/tusind stjerne, is a rhizomatous, sunflower-like perennial that is native primarily to mountainous areas in southern Europe, the Ukraine, the Balkans, the Caucusus and Turkey. Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6’ tall. Coarse, aromatic, triangular, doubly-serrate, long-petioled, basal leaves (to 12" long) with cordate bases. Leaves are glabrous above and hairy below. Smaller ovate stem leaves are sessile. Synonymous with Buphthalmum speciosum.

2009/12/11


Frosted hydragena
We had a few days with frost and minus degrees. so all the plants got `sucker-coated`

The Hortensia / hydrangea
The story behind the word Hydrangea is interesting because it comes from the Greek, which means Hydor water and angeion means jar. Against this background, one can always remember that Hydrangea is very water intensive.