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Klibansky "Self portrait of a dreamer"

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Klibansky "Self portrait of a dreamer"

Klibansky "Self portrait of a dreamer"

Klibansky "Self portrait of a dreamer"

Klibansky "Self portrait of a dreamer"

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What happens when you combine fruit trees with tulips.

What happens when you combine fruit trees with tulips? The very moment the fruit trees start to blossom, a magical atmosphere is created. I love fruit trees a lot. There are four of them in my garden. The plum tree always flowers first. The blossom is white. I have planted early tulips underneath the plum tree. My favourite tulip is Flaming Purissima. This large strong tulip flowers in different colour gradations. From creamy white to pink. It is a reliable tulip. The pear tree flowers the following week. This tree is situated at the street side. As soon as the tree is in flower, people stop to take pictures of it. I understand that, because it is beautiful. In order to give the photo something extra for the photographers, I have planted a colourful mix of tulips underneath. A nice colourful bang against our white house. Finally it is the turn of the apple trees. They are blooming at this very moment. Apple tree blossoms create a fairy-tale atmosphere transform in the b

Blanchefleur, the hundred-leaved rose.

In the 17th century, Dutch breeders developed many roses. These roses are generally known as Rosa centifolia; the hundred leaved rose. In those days, the stuffed roses were very popular and were often portrayed on impressive flower still lives. A hundred leaved rose, how romantic I thought. I remember how we used to tear off the petals of a daisy; he loves me .... he loves me not .... he loves me ... With a hundred leaved rose that will take some time! I tell my husband about the tearing off rose petals, but he has a very mathematic approach to this issue. "Hundred, is an even number," he says, "When you start with: he loves me, then you end up with, he loves me not." That is too practical for me. I’d rather go for the romantic approach. I pick a rose from the shrub Blanchefleur. Gently I start. I love you….. Because of your sweet scent of roses I do not love you….. For your brown flowers, after heavy rainfall. I love you….. Un

Galanthus Dionysus.

The other day a radio program about Dionysus, the god of intoxication, triggered me. I have a snowdrop in the garden with the same name. What a coincidence! In Greek mythology Dionysus is the god of wine, fun and dance. For that reason, Dionysus is usually depicted with a group of frenzied dancing women. Frenzied women. That is something I have come across but for a different reason. Some years ago I visited the snowdrops event at ' Boschhoeve ' on which I bought this snowdrop Dionysus. Seeing snowdrops on a snowdrop event will quickly get you into a ”snowdrop intoxication." Only one thing comes to your mind is: mine, mine, mine! All around me I saw the same frenzy with other snowdrop collectors. I have not seen them dancing though, or it must have been a dance of joy as they could add a coveted snowdrop to their collection! As mentioned above, I bought snowdrop Dionysus at this event. It has double flowers and grows quickly into a large clump. This ma

Planting Paperwhites, just like my mother did.

My parent’s house had a large cellar. Here - in between the pans, soft drinks and other supplies - during the winter months my mother used to grow Narcissus Paperwhite. As you know Paperwhite is a tender daffodil and therefore ideal for indoor forcing. I myself don’t have a cellar and I have never planted Paperwhites. N. Paperwhite can scent so heavily that you would prefer to place them outside. But nothing is as changeful as a (garden) woman. When I see these daffodil bulbs for sale on the market, in a fit of nostalgia I get an irresistible need to buy them. The bulbs are already prepared and therefore they can be planted and placed in the windowsill immediately. These don’t need a cellar at all! I have a few jars and some black gravel in the barn. I put the gravel in the jars and place the bulb on top of it. Add a little bit of water ..... ready! My husband is not very amused seeing the jars in the windowsill. He too remembers that strong daffodil scent from the pa

Keep your head up!

Last week I worked really hard. The garden will open on Friday and Saturday, so everything has to be “tip top”. To be sure I don’t forget anything I make a To-do list: Weeding the paths Mowing the lawn, Cutting the hedge, Cut fading daffodils, Deadheading tulips, Cleaning the barn, Sweeping, Clean up, Clean up, CLEAN UP! Because of this I simply forget to enjoy my beautiful pink tulip border. The heck with all this cleaning I think, throwing the tools aside. I look up to the sky and only now I see the plum tree is already blossoming. The delicate white blossoms seem to float above the pink tulips. This year I have made a combination of Tulip 'Flaming Purissima' together with T. 'Pink Emperor'. They are flowering at the same time, so that's fine, but I thought this tulip would be more 'pink'. In my view, it is a bit too red. A friend who comes by says: “This red looks just fine. It is deliciously spicy!” I kneel down

A trip to the Keukenhof.

"Would you like want to go to the Keukenhof this year?" My husband asks me. " Of course !" I replied. It is about a two hour drive from our home to Keukenhof. ( www.keukenhof.nl ). After we arrived we walked straight to the Historic garden. That is my favourite spot at the Keukenhof. Sitting on the benches against the wall heated by the sun, you can observe the crowd passing through. All kinds of nationalities come by and they all take pictures of the same bed with red tulips in full bloom. This flowerbed looks like a red coloured roiling sea. The flowerbed looks like a red coloured roiling sea. After staying a while in the Historic garden, we walk along to the sample gardens. I really do not want to miss these gardens. The so called ‘recycle garden’ was very 'out of the box' so to speak. A sea container sawed in half, is being used as a garden shed. What a super idea. The ‘cooking garden’ also inspired me. A light green colour had been used,

Easter. Flower arrangement for dummies.

Suddenly it has become quite busy in our village, with tourists driving back and forth. I take a look at the calendar, Oops! Easter is due in less than a week! So, time to make an Easter decoration. A have made a decoration that can be made by anyone, including "flower-arranging-dummies" with two left hands. This is what you will need: Two vases. The vases I use are not watertight that is why I use two glass jars that fit into the vases. I have taken some green foliage from the garden, boxwood is very suitable. Two stems of Helleborus. Some moss, sadly I have enough of that in my garden. A few plastic eggs. This is how I have made it: I have put the water in the jars and arranged the green foliage in it. Make a slight cut in the stem of the Helleborus over a length of 5 cm with a knife. This is important, because otherwise they will quickly hang limp. Put the Helleborus together with the green foliage. Than, put the jars in

Recommended, flower bulbs in pots!

Maybe you do not feel the same need as I do to perforate your garden and planting bulbs in them. However this should not stop you from having flowering bulbs in spring. Just plant them in pots! When I do so I plant the bulbs not directly into the terracotta pot, but in a plastic container that fits exactly into the terracotta pot. That gives me the opportunity to switch. Once one species have finished flowering I put another container with bulbs in its place. Mind you: The large bulbs of tulips and daffodils do better in a larger container pot. So think big! Which bulbs to use? In my experience all types of bulbs can be used for this purpose. Not only tulips and daffodils, but also small bulbs, like anemone and Puschkinia thrive in pots. Note: narcissi in pots can easily suffer from frostbite. So, I always put the pots with daffodils free from the ground, on a piece of wood or something like that. How to proceed? Put some soil in the plastic pot and plant a l

Deadheading tulips.

Every day I walk through the garden with my basket to deadhead the tulips. Because of that, t he colour in the border is changing . F irst the border was pastel pink , after that these tulips were deadheaded, the border had a different , brighter color. Nice ! That is something to take notice of when I order my tulpes next year. Deadhe ading tulips is a form of energy saving . By breaking down the flower , the bulb can not waste e nergy to seed formation . All the power goes to the bulb . I hope this results in a lot of flowers next year . Deadh eading tulips is simple . Keep the tulip in your hand and break it off just below the flower . Please note that all petals are cleared . If the leaves become moldy, that does not benefit the bulb , so I am learned. Tulip g rowers deadhead their tulips too. Only this is not done by hand , but with an ingenious machine . No back pain ! I can’t help it, but I always think, what a w

The rose garden first week of June.

Last Friday and Saturday, my garden was open to the public. I received photographers and many enthusiastic visitors. I even met four young gardeners! That gives hope for the future. It have been two fantastic days. The visitors enjoyed the roses that bloomed abundantly. Now it is quiet in the garden again. For me time to relax. For those of you who could not visit the garden, a small photo impression..... Romantic rose garden peony 'Jan van Leeuwen' Rosa 'Windrush' Rosa 'Jaques Cartier' Rosa 'Alchemist' Rosa 'Mme Legras de st Germain' Geranium 'Mrs Kendal Clark' Melica and roses Rosa 'Yvonne Rabier' Rosa 'Boscobel'

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