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Trillium Highlights
Another plant genus that was loving my new border this past year was the Trilliums. I had ordered a few new ones from Kevock in 2013 and they all made it through their first winter! Trillium recurvatum was not that impressive yet and naturally Trillium rivale was quite small, as it should be. Trillium kurabayashii though, was already quite impressive! (Above) Out of my old Trilliums, the T. erectums continue to thrive. They seem to manage fine even in quite dry soil. (Above and below) Trillium grandiflorum ‘Snowbunting’ (below) had an impressive showing of two flowers [yes I’m a bit sarcastic], but it is a slow grower, as they all…
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Hyacinths for Christmas
This is the last vlog arrangement for this Christmas. It’s also the easiest and quite trendy. Go ahead and make one and have a wonderful Christmas! In the arrangement: 3 white Hyacinths Caribou moss Moss (green and ordinary, at least in Scandinavia) Decorative stones A silver colored square plate A little soil Merry Christmas!
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A Christmas Arrangement in Red
I made three Christmas Arrangements this year. Two of them with white flowers, but this one is truly “christmassy-red”! It features: A pointsettia 3 small red Kalanchoe plants 2 Creeping wire vines (Muehlenbeckia) Asparagus sp. (the indoor plan version) moss A painted terracotta pot + indoor soil This is how I did it: I have one more arrangement coming up tomorrow. Have you been doing arrangements?
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Making a Christmas Arrangement
This is now my first vlog post! I’ve been thinking of adding videos to Cameragardening for quite a while. I’ve done videos for others, in Finnish, but these three videos, that show how to do Christmas arrangements are the first ones I’ve done in English. The light is horrible, but it is the darkest time of the year. I had just an afternoon to makes these videos and it was getting darker by the minute. But, you can still kind of see what I am doing, so I decided to publish them anyway 😉 Here on the blog are then a few better pictures and the complete list of plants.…
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Roses at Rundale Palace
Last summer I visited Latvia with my favourite gardening society, Blomsterodlingens vänner. One of the highlights of the trip was seeing the splendidly restored Rundāle Palace and its fabulous gardens. The Rosarium was looking especially gorgeous during our visit. Latvia has a famous rose breeder in Dr. Dzidra Rieksta and seeing the Latvian hybrids at Rundale was special. I think most of us found a few new roses for our wish-lists. One of my favourite and my mother’s favourite roses has already previously been the Latvian hybrid Ritausma (1964). It does very well in many Finnish gardens. It is usually a bit higher, this one had been severly pruned. (pictured…
