Garden Mix Early July

Some impressions of blooming plants at the beginning of July.

The weather is warm, sunny & so nice, but the garden needs desperately rain.

Lilium martagon blooms in many spots. Here behind them the butterfly like

Gillenia trifoliata. I have two big plants of them and they look really nice.

Clematis recta blooms abundantly and I noticed that it is very lasting in bouquets.

Clematis Petit Faucon blooms not very abundantly,

but its deep blue color is stunning and it makes beautiful seedheads.

Meconopsis betonicifolia is at the end of its blooming which was nice this year.

 

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Friday Bliss #145 - Happy Midsummer!

It has been a beautiful, very hot & sunny week. Plants bloom and wither fast.

For my Midsummer bouquet there was only one decent peony left.

Fortunately we got good thunder rain on Wednesday, it was so needed.

Last weekend my husband’s two daughters Sanna and Milla came to visit us 

and Milla had baked me this wonderful strawberry cake. We had so fun meeting each other 

for such a long time. Hubby and I have enjoyed our lunches on the terrace.

Summer ❤︎

I’ll share once more this Midsummer poem by Eino Leino (1878 – 1926). 

His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work 

is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes 

in Leino's work. His poem Midsummer is very beloved in Finland. 

JUHANNUS

Minä avaan syömeni selälleen

ja annan päivän paistaa,

minä tahdon kylpeä joka veen

ja joka marjan maistaa.

Minun mielessäni on juhannus

ja juhla ja mittumaari,

ja jos minä illoin itkenkin,

niin siellä on sateenkaari.

- poem of Eino Leino 

MIDSUMMER

Trusting, my heart I open and take

the daylight there to shine,

I want to bathe myself in every lake

and taste all berries fine.

Deep in my mind I celebrate Saint John

and the midsummer night,

and, in the evenings, If I cry anon

there's a rainbow bright.

- translated by Maria Magdalena Biela

MITTSOMMER

Ich werde mein Herz aufmachen

und den Tag glänzen lassen,

Ich werde jeden See baden

und alle Beere schmecken.

In meinem Kopf ist es Hochsommer 

und Feier und Mittsommer,

und soll ich abends weinen,

so wird es ein Regenbogen sein.

- my own translation

Wishing you all a splendid Midsummer / Summer Solstice!

And thank you for all the lovely comments you leave week after week at Friday Bliss.

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Garden Joys of the Week

The week has been sunny & hot and even hotter it will be!

There is so much happening in the garden, smaller and greater joys every day.

I gathered here some impressions and the plants that bring me the most joy at the moment.

Pimpinella roses are the first to bloom in Finland. This pale pink beauty is ’Ruskela’, 

a newly found traditional rose. It grows behind our wooden swing.

Another rose blooming right now is tall Norwegian Rose ’Hurdal’.

It is pink and very high and brings a forest feeling growing among thujas.

Photographing is a challenge, because of its height.

This guy is also a joy! Hubby has continued washing our pavements

with pressure washer. Still a bit to go. His garden outfit is not very elegant :DD

Blooming of Meconopsis betonicifolia is certainly a joy!

Last year there was no blooming as I had replanted it to a better place.

Now there are many buds!

Hope you find some cooling shadow, but let’s enjoy the summer!

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Floral Bliss #77

This week I'll share with you my treasure - Meconopsis betonicifolia - Sinivaleunikko.
I got the plant as a present from  photographer Teija Tuisku who photographed
my garden for a Finnish garden magazine 8-10 years ago.
The plant survives but does not spread. It was replanted once but no help as to spreading.

I have photographed this heavenly blue meconopsis for many posts - look here the previous ones.

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Early This June Morning

Meconopsis betonicifolia - Sinivaleunikko

Our topic this week is June. So I went out at 5 o'clock and photographed some glimpses 

in the morning sun - which by the way is a bit challenging.

This is what I got! The warm weather has made many plants to bloom.
The early bird catches the worm - in this case photos :)

Makrotexin aiheena on kesäkuu.

Tässä muutamia kurkistuksia kello 5.00 tänä aamuna.

Aikainen lintu kuvan nappaa :)

Probably: Geranium himalyense - Idänkurjenpolvi 

Rosa spinosissima - Juhannusruusu

Meconopsis cambrica - Keltavaleunikko

Humulus lupulus 'Aureus' - Kultahumala

Rosa Pimpinellifolia 'Poppius' - Suviruusu

Maybe this delighted me the most! - Ehkä tämä ilahdutti eniten!

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Wishing you a flower rich day! - Kukkaisaa päivää!