The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

This post The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden


I have a dream…




The photo in the center of my fantasy collage is a 16th century engraving by Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck"Hanging Gardens of Babylon" and all the others are from Kew Garden U.K. 



... and that is to visit the Hanging Gardens of Babylon




I know I can't..

Wild, Beautiful...and Bad

This post 'Wild and Beautiful' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden The Scarabaeidae Cetonia aurata.By tomorrow half of the month October has already passed and I must say it has been wonderful so far. Sunshine almost every day and up to now no frost here in Vaxholm, I still have my Dahlias in bloom and chilies in the greenhouse! Time flies fast and it is

Blommig Fredag

Blommig fredag i Köksträdgården


This weeks Blooming Friday

Helleborus 'Pink Frost' - Spring in the Greenhouse

Spring in the the Greenhouse
The snow is slowly melting and the sun is getting more bright for each day. This week has been just wonderful with all the sun oozing down onto my grounds. The greenhouse and I loves it! The Auriculas look just fine and I'm sure I'll see them in bloom quite soon.  +20 C (68F) in the greenhouse, now that is nice...I bought my first Helleborus this week and it is

With a Scent och Lemon and Saffron

I just want to show you this remarkable out of the ordinary tulip, not like any other in my mixed tulip bouquet. It does not really look like a tulip more like a Peony with its feathery leaves and it is fragrant like my white Peonies too, a scent of lemon and saffron, very interesting indeed. Name? Unfortunatly no name but it looks like a Mondial double tulip although Mondial is more white in

Much to much of the colour of white!

It is much to much of the colour of white in my garden at the moment and the sky...it is totally grey today,  I'm so tired of gloomy weather...I need something positive to brighten up my day. As I was browsing my photos I found these wonderful roses. Now this is what I call a happy-pill. Thank you Claus for adding some lovely pink colours to this Blooming Friday I don't know the names

To Taste Tomas Edison or Not...

...that is the question.

'Dahlia blooms are showy, but it’s their edible tubers that make them an excellent addition to kitchen gardens.'  ROB CARDILLO

 
  To those of you who have asked what colorful and somewhat showy flower I got in my hand on my Facebook avatar it's a Dahlia. Dahlia 'Thomas Edison'. I know that the native americans (Aztec) used the dahlia tubers for food, but I have not

Formex mässan i Älvsjö - The Nordic Design Fair

It is Blooming Friday and today I would like to show you what I found at Formex the largest trade fair for Nordic interior design. The company Ceasar Collection - arrenged a competition for florists. Which one of these five participants do you think have the best designed 'room'. The five florists are: (all women) Anna Carlsson, Jenny Söderberg, Anna Berg, Marianne Walldén and Anja Palm.~~~

No Blooms - Still Bitter Winter

This post 'No blooms -Still Bitter Winter'... was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's GardenNo blooms for Blooming Friday!Just an iron urn with a frozen heather in it but I find it rather decorative with its white top hat of snow. This was a glorious winter day but frightfully bitter cold. -20 C. A nice walk and some fun in the snow playing with icicles and making snow angels.Kylan

Blooming Friday - January 2010

The guest are gonethe washing up is doneand this year started with a day with sun.God fortsättning på det nya året! What a great start of the new year, the sun is shining and it is a gorgeous winter day, it couldn't possibly start in a better way. this the first post of 2010 is a Blooming Friday Post and you find more partisipants at Katarina our host.~~~Året började med en fantastiskt vinterdag,

December blooms - Hyacinthus orientalis

Today we have had a terrible winter storm with up to gale force wind and heavy snowfall. It was a complete chaos in the traffic with a total stand still for the busses. Luckily I could convince my colleagues that they could cope without me and my boss said yes. As a result I have had a wonderful day baking a loaf of fruit bread, taking a long bath, doing some tidying among clothes that I never

Paperwhite - Narcissus papyraceus - Tazetter

I'm continuing on the theme winter-flowering plants, December blooms that have the ability to brighten up even the darkest of days. Last week I got two bulbs of Paperwhites from a friend and now they are 'in floribus', this delicate and elegant bulbous plant native to the Mediterranean region and it is very fragrant too.~~~Så här års gläds man verkligen av alla underbara blommor som blommar just

Blooming Friday - White Dahlia in my Potager

White Dahlia in my PotagerIt is now the last of 'Blooming Friday' of the month of November, ah...I'm so glad this month is finally over I'm not a huge fan of November it is sooo dark. Soon we enter Advent and that is wonderful period these four week before Christmas, so much happens. We can all light our Advent candels and feast on our Advent treats. This is the blooming potager in July almost

All Saints & Souls

This post 'All Saints and Souls' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden I wish you all a great Halloween, All Saints & All Souls' Day -Light some candles for all souls & give your absent friends a special thought.Update!! ops...I almost forgot it is Blooming Friday! The last blooming Friday of October, a big thank you to our host Katarina TYRA

Starflower - Trientalis europaea - Skogsstjärna

This post 'STARFLOWER' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Artic Starflower the small and delicate beauty from the wood.Oops...I bit late with the blooming Friday post but here are some picture from a walk in the big old forest.... Starflower - Skogsstjärna in swedish is the same as Moonshine in english I mean the common term for home-distilled alcohol, especially in places

Chop,Chop and Slash

..Killer queen that's me...We are going to get the first frost tonight and I'm not at all happy about it. The frost really ruins everything, I have so many more things to harvest and no time....Today I had to kill all the lovely dahlias in my potager, chop and slash. I felt very brutal when I armed with garden fork, scissors and secateurs massacred all my poor poor Dalhias. Now they are laying in

Plum marmalade with Yogi tea

This post 'Plum marmalade with Yogi tea' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Blooming Friday with Plums and Sweetpeas ~~~ Plum marmalade with a Jamaican touch.This is what you need; 6,5 pounds of plums, about 6dl/20fl.ounces of water, Rom, 1 red hot chilli pepper, YOGI tea and 17,5 ounces of sugar with pectin.And this is how you prepare it.6,5 lbs of plums and about

Dahlia Mignon in my Potager

This post 'Dahlia Mignon in my potager' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Blooming Friday September, the weather is still great and the air is warm. I love this time of the year, golden days and kind of 'Chillout time' in the garden, harvesting is the main work now and it is so joyful and rewarding.This Friday I want to show you a dear friend in my potager, Dahlia Mignon.

The last lily of the season

This post 'The last lily of the season' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden It was raining this morning when I went for my morning round in the garden. There are still some lovely blooms to enjoy, roses, dahlias and this the last lily of the season. The lilies has been incredible this year and this is the last one out...a bit sad, it has a different but lovely colouring

Pelargonium - Geranium - Älskade Pellar

Pelargonium - Geranium ... Älskade Pellar!... It is Blooming Friday and I just want to show you some of my Geraniums in the greenhouse. I think they are so lovely, they really add colour to the otherwise rather green greenhouse. ~~~ Ett litet bidrag till Blomming Fredag. Det blir lite pellar från växthuset. Jag tycker de är så underbara, de verkligen är som små färgklickar i det annars väldigt