Genista tinctoria (Pensasväriherne)
A southern European species which is seldom seen in Finnish gardens because it easily freezes during the winter. I have managed to keep...
Diversity in boreal region & unusual survivors
A southern European species which is seldom seen in Finnish gardens because it easily freezes during the winter. I have managed to keep...
G.verum belong to Finland's original flora while G.album is an immigrant, of course with human contribution. I the nature these species...
A bedstraw with white flowers, much look like G.album. G. boreale has stronger structure and it has more upright way to grow. Both...
One of the most common species on all kind of open areas. The flowers are very numerous, small and white. Usually the whole plant turns...
This is a wild flower which sometimes appears also in the gardens. It is actually beautiful, especially the multi colored flower....
This small white lily blooms really early, in 2020 already in February. In central Europe that is normal, but not in Finland. The flowers...
This small yellow lily belongs to all gardens. Nobody buys it but it usually moves everywhere with the mold. It gets benefit of lawn...
Where F.meleagris has easy to thrive, its cousin F.uva-vulpis face difficulties. The origin of this species is in Turkey and the...
An early blooming lily with a mysterious looks. It is native to Europe growing wild only in the southwestern archipelago, where it is...
This is a small wild berry with one of the most delicious tastes among all the gifts of the nature. In my garden it grows like a bad weed...
A decidual shrub from North America. When I saw for first time a blooming Fothergilla with its unusual flowers I had to buy it and try...
A beautifully blooming decorative shrub which is getting gradually more common in gardens here. Is is rather hardy and in that way easy...
Filipendula is a very common perennal bush growing in humid meadows all over the country. The leaves anf the flowers have unuasual but...
My fig has been growing in the green house for many years producing some fruits every year. It could be testes outside in some very...
This is a rare, early blooming plant with southern distribution in our country. I have never planted them but while they grows only close...
This hardy species of bamboo has been growing in my green house at least from 1990's. I took 2 small pieces of root from our relatives...
Though beech belongs to typical European deciduous forest, it is in Finland very rare. There are just few small beech forests on the...
This species har grown in my green house for years. 2019 I cut a branch of it, rooted and plated it outside on the south slope. At least...
A low growing, evergreen form of Euonymus. It may survive Finnish winter normally just along the south coast. In my garden it has grown...
In Europe E.cheiranthoides is a very common and bad weed. It can be annual or biennial. Anyway it is difficult to destroy because of...