Thursday, January 29, 2009

Seriously, have you ever faked it? I have.

This post, 'Seriously have you ever faked it?' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/...Seriously, have you ever 'faked' it? I have.Meet my Phakenopsis!... Phakenopsis yes this is one of my husbands favourite houseplant it is so durable. Extremely long-lasting as a matter of fact it has been flowering in my kitchen window since…last

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

ABC Wednesday B is for...

© This post - ABC Wednesday B , was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/ABC Wednesday ‘B’. This week I'll post an ABC in both The Greenhouse and Tyra's Garden. B is for Blotanical, yes that is correct not Botanical. Blotanical where garden Blogs Bloom…Blotanical is the place where garden friends from all over the world get together. Out of

Thursday, January 22, 2009

ANALYZE THIS! and it's Blooming Friday!

This post, 'Analyze this! and it's blooming friday, was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/...It's Blooming Friday!Analyse this! ...Yesterday we all had a challenge given to us by ShirlWhich three plants whould you bring ....?It certainly was a challenge and great fun.Our dear friend Frances (Faire Garden) wrote in a comment like this -’

Desert Island - Plant Challenge. I would bring...

This post, 'Desert Island'..., was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/Which three plants would you take with you? Shirls askes.Hahaha, I brilliant 'escape' from a grey day in January, just this minute it is snowing outside my door. Brrr What to bring? Hm, not an easy task but this is what I choose.1. Plant number one, a fragrant rose.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

A 'Slipper Walk' - I just had to catch that light.

This post, A' Slipper Walk'..., was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/When I woke up this morning it was freezing cold outside -6 C, the sky was heavenly blue, the light was pale pink and so beautiful. Time was tight, I just had to catch that light, it lasts for just a few minutes. I'm off, time for a 'slipper walk'. I jumped into my

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Flax - It's Blooming Friday!

This post, Flax- It's Blooming Friday, was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/...Flax - Linum usitatissimum - LinA few years ago we in our village, Engarn, grow flax in the field just below my house where I live. It was so very beautiful, the entire field was covered with the pale blue small flax flowers. I wish they would grow more of

Monday, January 12, 2009

MY POTAGER SEEDS 2009

This post, My Potager Seeds 2009, was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/A small step on the computer (just a click) but a huge step for the gardener. Seeds for my potager and images for the collage are from ImpectaPhiouu…( wonderful spelling isn’t it) it was not an easy task this year to order the seeds for my potager. I have been

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Paph and a Rare Book - It's Blooooming Friday!

This post, Paph and a Rare Book, was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/.........Paph and a Rare Book - It's Blooooming Friday!Apart from my own family I have another family that gives me great joy and happiness through the long winter months and they are the Orchid family Orchidaceae. Here is one of the members, let me introduce

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

THIS IS PETER !

© This post This is Peter! was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/This is Peter! это царь Петр - This is Czar Peter. (Czaar Peter)Tulipa greigii 'Czar Peter'. This gorgeous tulip is named after an emperor,Young Peter - wikipediaПётр Алексеéевич Ромáнов, Peter I the Great, Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov.Born in 1672 in Moscow Pyotr was the son

Friday, January 2, 2009

It's Blooooming Friday! - Blomming Fredag

© This post was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/.Hip, hip, Hurrah, Hippeastrum I cannot possibly think of a better way to start this year than with these magnificent flowers. It’s Bloooming Friday again and I give you a shower or rather a bang-boom of ‘flowering fireworks’.... We call it Amaryllis but it is a Hippeastrum... Hippeastrum