Showing posts with label Träd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Träd. Show all posts

Thursday, October 16, 2008

TODAY I'M FILTHY RICH...

NOT!Gold, gold, everywhere and I got it for free! When I was a small girl we call the leaves golden coins. Sometimes I still think of them as gold coins consequently you can imagine that at this time of the year I'm really filthy rich :-) ...Today was the day of the colour Ochre in my garden. Ochre or Ocher (pronounced /'əʊ.kə(r)/, from the Greek ὠχρός, yellow) is a color, usually described as

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Seed is the small embryotic......

PhotoHunt small. Small is this weeks theme.Seed - a very small most amazing thing. The seed is the small embryotic stadium of a plant.Once upon a time there was a very very SMALL seed,that grew into a very SMALL plant that grew into..... a huge, old tree........like this one the Giant Ash, can you see the small cow? Actually... she was a he and not very small. As a matter of fact he was a big

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Blackthorn "in floribus"

Botanical name Prunus spinosa My topiary Blackthorn tree is in bloom. Such a pretty flower, small and delicate.From the fruit of the Blackthorn, sloe, you can make Sloe wine and Sloe snaps and Sloe gin . I´ve not tried it yet but I will. There hasn´t been any good "sloe years" lately. Prunus spinosa Blackthorn tree in Tyra´s GardenSloeThis is the best time of the year! Please STOP the time for a

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Hortus Botanicus anno 1638

Jag älskar samlingar som inte dammar......I love collections that doesn´t gather dust one the shelves, a passion of mine, I collect botanical gardensHortus Botanicus tillhör en av världens äldsta botaniska trädgårdar. Det finns över 6000 plant0r, 4000 arter i trädgården och växthusen. Hortus Botanicus är beläget i Plantage ett av Amsterdams distrikt alldeles intill det hektiska Centrum distriktet

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Slånbärsträd

När jag flög med min pappas kompis "Dane" Dan Sahlström förra året såg jag ett otroligt snyggt litet träd c:a 2 meter högt med en rund fin krona. Det stod alldeles utanför kontoret vid hangaret. Det hade små små blad och bar blå bär!! Liknade ett olivträd. Jag frågade Dane, vad är det där för trevligt träd? Äh... den där gamla busken, det är en gammal slånbärsbuske som jag tyckte var alldeles