No, it was not at all nice or elegant, the entrance surrounding of Yngve's house
The same place (as to the left) two years later (1997) began to be a little bit nicer patio. In the container called 'The Tower' I have planted some plants. It was first some pansy, later I moved Budleja Davidii from the lawn to 'The Tower' (see below right,next line of pics). Next I started with Sweet Peas climbing on bamboo sticks
The patio in 1995. Rather poorly.. the "lawn" was terrible..
See to the right of the vertical line: it has changed, isn't´ it? You cannot see the lawn, but it became also much better
Here you can see a bit of garden furniture of white plastic, not pretty.. and nothing more, not even any lawn. Here was not the soil really, only a rock.First, in the summer 1995, I have put there a pot with some flowers
But in the early spring 1996 I have build a huge container of ordinary fields stones and called it 'The Tower' (above and below)
Above: In the corner between the walls to the right from the garden furniture the wooden container as a planter was built already in 1995.
Mahonia aquifolium was planted, flowering in May, here in 1997
Below left: "The lawn" in 1995.. I planted Budleja Davidii (just flowering) on a spot with a little deeper soil. Later it has been moved to 'The Tower'
Right: The lawn is a little better in July 1996. This is Gabby, my friend's dog , unfortunately dead for now.
The garden furniture was changed much later, first in 2000! Then the patio-corner became really nice.. but the grill has got rusty.. compare below right
Above: sweet peas and Budleja Davidii
in 'The Tower', July 1998
May 1996 - in 'The Tower': the Acer palmatum dissectum Atropurpureum was planted. The wooden container was built (to the right) for the bamboo. But bamboo very soon started to flower and died!
Left and right:
flowering
Bougainvillea- cutting with Diascia,
above the 'Bamboo planter' August 1997
Above left and right: I used to plant Mesembryanthemum criniflorum in 'The Tower' . But now not any more just there, despite of I love them, but I plant them now in smaller pots or somewhere among stones .
To the left of 'The Tower' it was very little soil and there Bergenia cordifolia was planted a very long time ago. It was a little bit dreary, I thought, and I put there the steerboard or something like that, coming from Yngve's old boat. I painted it and filed with soil. Every year I plant something there, mostly 'Busy Lizzie', most often double hybrids.
First flowers in 'The Tower', pansy and Acer dissectum Atropurpureum - May 1996
Below: as almost every year the Busy Lizzie (always double) was planted in the 'steerboard'
Left: The 'steerboard' used the very first time as planting tub - July 1995.
Right: 'Busy Lizzie' double, 1996
In the wooden planter with a new Bamboo I planted also bulbs. Below left: Gladiolus together with Bamboo (Fargesia spathaceus 'Simba'), just planted, August 1999.
Right: Under the hanging baskets you can see the new bamboo still alive - late August 2001.
The hanging plastic baskets in the patio, over the planter with
Mahonia, 1997.
a little more. Right:
The same rose in July 1999
Left: So the old stairs did look like in 1995. Before the container (right)
was build, I sew Godetia grandiflora.
On the other side I placed
Every year I planted a little different water plants in 'Pot Pond'. Above left: the 15th
August 2001, Acorus calamus Variegata and Pistiastratiotes,
also some garden flowers floating; Above right:
September 2003, Imperata cylindra 'Red Baron' and
Houttuynia cordata ‘Variegata’
Left: Entrance in June 1997
Right: The same planters in August 1997. What a difference!
Right: The wooden planter has got patina in 1999. Here the hanging double geranium
'Tomcat'
Above:The old grill nearby 'The Tower' belongs to patio, June 1997 - and next year you can see right: The new grill in 1998. Below left: In the wooden container the dead Bamboo and Matthiola longipetala bicornis- very fragrant.
In 'The Tower' Crocus pulchellus, self sown, flowering from early September. Left: in October 2000, Right: in October 2004
Above: Patio -The hanging plastic basket with Diascia I grew myself, 1996
Left: in 1997
Right: Double
Impatiens walleriana and
Lobularia maritima 'Carpet of Snow' in August 1999
The 'Pot Pond' is placed between the patio and entrance.
The lawn in the Yngve's garden was very little and poor, and if something changed with time, it was that the lawn area reduced almost every year. To brighten it I started from making a small bed with summer flowers.
Entrance has been changed dramatically under years.
Above: Later, in October 1998, the rose
'Dr Eckener' (middle) would be planted there, but not exact on the same spot as flower bed before. Every year Sweet Peas (right) or Lathyrus sativus (left) was planted beneath of the rose and tried to climb on it.
Left: Not very much of the lawn, but anyway, 1997.
Above right: A mini bed made in the lawn with Sweet peas - Lathyrus odoratum in the middle and pink Godetia amoena 'Salmon Princess', 1999
Above left: The lawn in July 2001 - the rose 'Dr.Eckener' is flowering. The rose grew quickly rather tall and it needed some support. I had nothing better then a simple wooden trellis, but the next year (right), 2002, we have bought the metal obelisk.
'Dr.Eckener' occurred the very beautiful rose. Already in 2002 (middle pic) the rose was ca 2m tall and repeated flowering. On the pic together with Sweet Peas (the pink one is 'Athea Turner'), 11 August. 'Dr.Eckener' created a beautiful focal point on the lawn. Every year the Sweet Peas were planted, but also other flowers, sometimes self sown, like Chrysanthemum partenium on the right pic.
At the Entrance, on the stairs and around there were always many planters and tubs, and also hanging basket at the door. The most abundant blossom used starting in August-September and even later.
Next years I created another eye-catching spot nearby the lawn - a large planter and some decoration.
In the our main patio the different flowering, striking plants were planted every year in the 4 hanging baskets. Besides there were 2 very large plant containers (one built of stone, called 'The Tower' and the other a wooden box, called the 'Bamboo-planter') - they were always full of flowers, often very perfumed, like Lobularia maritima, Matthiola incana and Matthiola longipetala bicornis. And there was yet the older wooden planter in the corner between two
house walls as well, with Mahonia aquifolium,
also fragrant, and some other plants. Left side - Bamboo planter, right side - 'Mahonia corner' and 'The Tower'.
Our "pond" in the large ceramic tub.
Left: 1998
Right: In September 2003.
Here you can see where it was placed.
Right:
The same rose the 26th June 2004
Above: the 4th July 2004 - Imperata cylindra and Myosotis palustris variegata
Left: The large tub with
Frillytunia - a variety of Petunia I grew myself - the 10th
September 2003
Left: The same tub the next year, the 31st May 2004. Plants I have bought: a Lobelia sp. and 'Million Bells'. Frillytunia was grown by me. A small white sculpture I bought.
Right: the 9th August 2005 - the larger tub has been bought. Frillytunia and Nicotiana
'Lime', both were grown by me.
the large tub with miniature roses.
Left: August 1999, Surfinia in hanging basket.
Right: Probably August -September 1999, Pelargonium
'Venus', and Lobelia
Regatta 'Sky Blue', both grown from seeds
Left: June 2000, next door to the stairs. Papaver orientalis 'Queen Alexandra Salmon' grown from seeds
Right: Geraniums
and Lilium orientale 'Space'
on the other side of the stairs
Right: August 1999, next door to the stairs - Osteospermum and
Lobelia 'Sapphire'
Right: The hanging basket at the door with Petunia 'Purple Wave', and Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' both grown from seeds; the 2nd August 2001
Above right: The new stairs were build in October 1996 and another wooden planter. In it the unknown, old rose, that was found at the house wall, was planted. We only knew it was red.
Left: The Entrance in August 1997
Left: A very long shoot of the climbing rose wandering up over the door and down to the hanging basket. Right:
Petunia 'Prism Sunshine' and
Brachycome iberidifolia
Middle: The same hanging basket as on the pic above right, 18th August 2001.
Left and right: 'Black Pansy' and Petunia
'Fortunia Salmon Wave' the 14th and 19th October 2001
Above left: The Lily 'Stargazer', Entrance,
the 1st August 2001. Right: Helichrysum petiolare uses to grow enormously, here the 14th October 2001, at the stairs.
Entrance the 7-10th July 2002. The red rose blooms only once, but intensely!
Later, in August-September, the Clematis vitalba takes over (right).
At the Entrance the Lilium orientale were planted in tubs and they overwintered always!
Left: Lilium 'Siberia', the 13th August 2003
Left: At the Entrance I bought 2 hanging metal baskets in 2003 and planted Petunia 'Fortunia Salmon Wave' and Diascia, the 17th July. Next year I planted only Diascia and Lobularia maritima (right), the 20th July 2004.
Right: Lilium 'Arena', the 8th August 2005.
Right:
Entrance the 12th June 2002. In the hanging basket a hanging
Verbena I grew myself from own seeds
Right: At the door, the new, wooden hanging basket was hung, with Lobularia maritima and Convolvulus sabatius.
Red flowers - there is dwarf Antirrhinum, the 12th
October 2005.
Left: At the Entrance I used to plant flowers in many pots. Here Arctotis hybridum I grew myself, the 20th July 2004
VEGETATION IN THE PATIO 1997 - 2005
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Above: Puschkinia scilloides libanotica in Bamboo planter, the 26th April 2005
Left: Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' I grew myself and double
Busy Lizzie I used to buy.
Right: Only the Impatiens hawkeri.
Below: hanging baskets above Mahonia-box where later was planted also Ilex aquifolium
Left: October 1999, Lobelia and
Campanula
poscharskyana
Right: August
2001, mostly self-sown Lobularia maritima
Beneath baskets there is Mahonia box
Above left: Ilex aquifolium planted next door to Mahonia in the older wooden planter, just blooming the first time. Right: Petunia 'Orchid Mist' and Frillytunia, both grown by me.
Below: The hanging basket with Lobelia Regatta 'Sky Blue' grown by me, also double Busy Lizzie and Hedera sp. I bought.
Left: Self sown Nicotiana, the 23th August 2003 - there is no Bamboo at all! A new Bamboo also died, without flowering! Anyway, I still name the box as the 'Bamboo-planter'.
Above: Hanging baskets above the 'Bamboo planter'. Left: August 1999, in the planter the new Bamboo and Gladiolus, in the basket - Diascia, grown by me. Right: July 2003, a new Bamboo already dead!
The stone made planter belonging to the patio, named by me 'The Tower'
The spring in 'The Tower'. Above left: Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant', the 3rd April 2002; Right: Narcissus 'JetFire'
Left: Abundance of plants in 'The Tower' (the 27th May 2005)- self sown Myosotis palustris, planted
Clematis integrifolia not yet blooming, and fringed tulip 'Canova'.
Before the Sweet Peas start to bloom (right: 'Painted Lady', July 2002), already Clematis integrifolia has got flowers -
left, June 2001
Above: To 'The Tower' a little boy has found a good spot to hide himself and to observe the garden, at least a part of it - and us, people in the patio. The Lobularia maritima has built a short but thick hedge (September 2005) and Dahlias (above right) are blooming tireless to the first frost; on the shot in October 2005
Above: Gladiolus
'Blue Isles' in 'The Tower' - July 2001
After I had laid the stone floor in 'The Warm Corner', the place became very nice and cozy. We have bought a little table and two armchairs of hard wood and we could have a nice cup of tea under the pauses of my garden duties. Another place to rest, with the park bench on the rock, there is on the north side of house. There is no any table there, but the view is very nice..
Above: You can see through the rose arch 'The Warm Corner as a patio - isn't it cozy?
Left: Inside 'The Warm Corner', you can see better the furniture
The house on the picture (July 2001) doesn't exist any more. Instead the new house has been built and a part of landscape with the sea creek is hidden now
Below left: Yngve is sitting on the bench and contemplating the landscape with the creek - July 2001. Now a part of the creek is hidden by the new neighbor's house
Funny, but the north side of the house is the most sunny area in the garden! But there is almost no jord..
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Pictures in the years before 2001 were still made with analog camera, Minolta Riva. In the winter 2001 Yngve has bought the new, digital camera, Olympus Camedia 860L. First I was afraid using it, but since July I had tried make pictures with the new camera. After first not perfect result I started understand my camera better and pictures I made were better and better. In 2003 as a Christmas present I have got from Yngve newest Olympus 750 UZ . It was rather complicated to use and I had to learn much. In coarse of time I started making very beautiful pictures.
But my happiness was short. I forgot the camera in the garden and unfortunately it rained a longer time - on my camera. The camera was totally destroyed. My son tried to repair it and he succeeded almost, but some parts in camera was rusted totally. Camera is working, but without ZOOM. I gave it to my son and returned to my first, very simple Olympus C860L without zoom but with MACRO. Pictures are not bad really.