ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

…with the pruning shears.

Nordlys, I really like it with the stone borders and especially your stone wall. What kind of roses will you plant on the rose arch? The only thing is that your garden still seems a bit too sterile to me; is that the intended style (many like it that way) or what is your general plan for what might still be added?

Today, I dug up a lot of mountain cornflowers in one spot and replanted them in the front yard. Saves money^^. My roses are also slowly coming to life; the third variety is now showing its first bloom. I have had four of these pretty "Dagmar Hastrup" groundcover roses in the front yard since last year. They have a wild character, bloom repeatedly, and grow to about 80cm (31 inches) tall.

At the Clematis arch. Planted yesterday. Sterile. Yes. But it takes time... it is very windy here, quite dry, and not very warm, so you have to be patient with the plants.

I didn’t mean that as criticism – as I said, either you might have liked it (many people do), or it simply wasn’t intended. In that case, as you mentioned, you just need to be patient. Many plants take years to properly establish themselves, and many simply need several years to reach a nice height. So in your case, it’s just that the garden needs more time, which is completely understandable.

@Nordlys Over time, this place has become quite overgrown – as you can see in the wildest terraced garden in our neighborhood. Hopefully, the buyer will like it... We suddenly needed the fence height as a temporary measure because of the new dog. He used to jump over and go hunting. The dog is now 11 years old, and the fence hasn’t been replaced. The three boxes in the lower left are for our vegetable and herb supply, one with a Makrolon flap – like a greenhouse. The garden chair has a cover for the rain. At some point, we lost interest in maintaining a lawn. The Liquidambar tree is now 12 years old and has grown too big but remains a wonderful tree with all its autumn colors. A bit shabby-chic.

Winniefred schrieb:

I didn’t mean that as criticism – as I said, you might have liked it (many do), or if it wasn’t intended that way, then as you said, you just have to be patient. Many plants take years to fully establish themselves, and many simply need several years to reach an attractive height. So in your case, it’s just that the garden still needs time, which is completely normal.

You know, we moved in September 2017. It was a complete construction site wasteland back then. No grass, no shrubs. Out of concern about overspending at the local nursery, we bought plants that were discounted, basically clearance stock worth 200 euros (the equivalent of what nobody else wanted) and planted them in the otherwise fertile but quite clay-heavy soil. Everything took root, even the almost dried-out lilac recovered, and the grass grew in 2018 as well. But our area has a challenge that tourism managers tend to celebrate: it is extremely dry and sunny, and also windy. Pure sea air. From all of April until May 19, we had only 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) of rain. You water and irrigate, but growth is slow, and some plants also have to contend with the wind. It’s almost never less than 5 meters per second (11 mph), and 10 meters per second (22 mph) is quite normal. Well, it’s getting there; with patience and a bit of care, we will get the greenery to grow big. Karsten