Wordless Wednesday – Iris unguicularis

Iris unguicularis

I’m pleased to see that the divisions I’ve made of Iris unguicularis are all now producing flowers. It is the plant that flowers for the longest period during winter; often from November to May

Tuesday View(s)

It is windy today, VERY WINDY.  It is also the coldest it has been since last winter.  At 2 pm it is 4.7°C according to the forecast on my phone.  Having just been for a short walk I’m sure that’s right, especially if the wind chill is factored in.  The wind speed is between 33 and 44 km/hour; almost all the remaining leaves from the trees in the garden are now on the ground.

In a Vase on Monday – a simple treasure

I imagine that today there will be many Advent Crowns for IaVoM the weekly meme hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the garden where she asks us to pick material from our own gardens or surrounding area to put in a vase for our homes.

A walk in November

I don’t often show images of the countryside around our home in autumn.  In spring the fields and verges are filled with colourful native flowers, but what happens in the second spring?

Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day – Autumn has arrived

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day where I share with you my belief that to have a garden that pleases you all year foliage must be a major consideration when choosing plants.

In a vase on Monday – Homage to autumn

Another bright and sunny day here in central Italy, that said there was rain for a lot of the weekend and very heavy rain through the night.

But there is no denying that autumn is in the air, I therefore decided that I would celebrate the season with a vase of seed-heads and fruits.

The cut flower beds in November

As is to be expected the production of cut flowers is in dramatic decline; I am beginning to look with more interest at the evergreen shrubs, fruits, berries and seed-heads to supply fresh material for my vases.

Tuesday View 15th November

Yesterday was dull and cloudy all day but today is totally different, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, but it is cold.  Our weather in Italy seems to have been unseasonable almost all year.  We had a wet spring (May and June), an extra hot July and August, a very wet autumn from September to now.

In a Vase on Monday – a surprise

Mid-November; what is there in the cut flower borders that is in good enough condition to place in a vase to join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for the weekly opportunity to share a vase of flowers from our gardens.

Tuesday View – and a few other views too

It rained and was grey for most of the day yesterday, but I did go outside to take a few images of what is happening in the garden.