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The Woodland Garden |
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On one patch we cleared the ground of some
old juniper and rubiginosa-roses, intermingling with ground-elder. I rolled
out an old carpet, used by the cellulose- industry here in town, right over
the weeds. I filled up to about one meter's depth with stone, grit, peat and
I collected spruce needles in big plastic-bags out in the forest to mix in
and a sprinkle of fertilizer to start up with. In the front a row of
sleepers. Never had any trouble with weeding here! It made a good place for a
lot of smaller woodland-plants and no trouble with bending down either. |
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1 Mixed cyclamen from seed. |
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Keep the seeds in darkness between
a humid coffee-filter in a plastic-box. The temperature must be between 12
and 18 degrees Celsius. Check for mould. Remove any infected seed with
a pair of tweezers. Insert the seed as they germinate with the tweezers on a
light compost, protected by a cover of plastic in the light until they are
rooted, protected from sun. Very amusing to deal with. |
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2 Rhododendron bought as 'Jesoana' by the
Larix-trunk and in the background Rhod. sutchuenense. |
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3 The path of pine needles |
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4 Matteuccia
struthiopteris - ostrich fern
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5 Ostrich fern and Epimedium x rubrum |
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6 Adiantum pedatum - the
maidenhair fern |
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7 Asplenium trichomanes and
a Polypodium-form? |
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8 Two species of ferns. I
once bought a lot of interesting ferns from the late Herdersson in Furet,
Smaland.. Unfortunately the labels have disappeared over the time. Perhaps
someone can inform me of the names? |
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9 Dryopteris filix-mas
'Linearis' |
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10 Another fern from
Herdersson: Athyrium filix-femina 'Cristatum' |
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11 The little office-shed at
Herdersson's in Furet crowded by Clematis alpina. |
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12 Pulmonaria saccaratha 'Mrs Moon' |
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13 Tiarella cordifolia - foamflower behind
Rodgersia tabularis |
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14 Pyrola rotundifolia |
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15 Linnea borealis |
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I had a few hostas, but
as the garden got more and more shadow, the trees growing tall, I had to find
some new plants. I then happened to pick up "The Hosta Book" by
Paul Aden and got stuck. They are in all sizes. The Hosta 'Zounds' comes
bright gold in the evening-light. |
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16 Hosta 'Gold Standard',
Hosta 'Zounds', Hosta 'Wide Brim' |
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17 Hosta 'Francee' |
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Created : 30 April 2002 Last update : 18 March 2010 |
ŠVera Gade, Norrkoping, Sweden 2001-2010 File: Vera_Garden_Woodland.htm |
