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Arvid`s garden, Lista, Norway the 14th of august 2010. The photo shows part of my garden as seen from under stems of "Gerbe Rose", for the moment without flowers. The clematis to the right is "Etoile Violette". The ground cover rose at the bottom is "Viking". The clematis in the background is "Negritjanka", above which are seen flowers of "Tradition" and Burghausen and a single flower of "Emelie". Those of you who would expect to see "Alberic Barbier" accompanying "Etoile Violette" will be just as disappointed as I am. It froze down to almost nothing last winter, only slowly coming back. I keep my fingers crossed. Just to be sure, I planted another one next to it. A few flowers of "Westerland" can be seen to the left.
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Uploaded 9 OCT 10 |
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This photo ,taken in July 2009. shows "New Dawn" with "Westerland" against the backdrop of the west wall of my house. The dead tree twigs, being the result of the strong and salty northwest winds. belong to an apricot tree which is still alive by the way, although it has never sported any fruit. I have not cut down the withered twigs as I imagine they help shield the roses a bit against these mentioned winds..
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Uploaded 21 OCT 09 |
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.Arvid`s garden, Lista, southwestern coast of Norway. Photo taken on the 7th of July 2008. Even though almost two years have passed since this photo was taken, the top of the aluminium arche is still bare. The reason for this being the strong salty western winds which have a nasty habit of finding their way right on to this arche. The fence is not tall enough to stop them. I had a big wild cherry tree here that helped a lot, but unfortunately it had to be cut down. I have planted a new one and a few elders. Time will show. In the meantime I have given up on some of the roses here and planted a local wild honeysuckle as an "infill". Roses in photo are "Honorine de Brabant (to the left of the arche) with some flowers of the clematis "Mrs Cholmondeley", "Lykkefund" (scrambling up the appletree), "Mme Plantier" (white rose on the arche) with a few flowers of "Etude". "American Pillar" and "Sander`s White Rambler" are covering my gazebo in the background. A bit of "Paul`s Himalayan Musk" may be seen on the archeway top left. The red gable belongs to my neighbour`s garage.
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Uploaded 7 MAY 10 |
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The photo was taken in July 2009. Roses to be seen are : Burghausen, Felicite et Perpetue, Emelie and Alberic Barbier. The clematis is "Etoile Violette"
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Uploaded 20 OCT 09 |
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Arvid`s winter garden, Lista. This photo taken on the 7th of January 2010 shows my house and part of my garden on a clear and fosty winter day. Until right before Christmas 2009 I had both roses and clematises flowering in my garden. Then came the north eastern winds along bringing us real winter for the first time in many many years. And snow for Christmas. Christmas 2009 was the ninth White Christmas at Lista in the last 50 years. So it doesn`t happen very often. Now the odd thing is that temperatures have been around 0 and below; mostly below ,down to -11C, ever since. And there seems to be no end to it. This is very unusual at Lista. But most of Europe has been affected. Although we have had an alltime low of -23C here during the war and -18C in"my time", it has never been this protracted before as I can remember. It seldom lasts more than a week or so at the most. I must admit that it has had me a bit worried for my plants. Luckily there is a thick snow cover. Usually there is barefrost here, which would have been a disaster under these circumstances. I hate this, and I hope it will never happen again. Fortunately I`ll be on my way to India come Feb 2nd.
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Uploaded 20 JAN 10 |
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Photo is taken in July 2009 showing: Bremer Stadtmusikanten, Elmshorn, Pink Cloud and Felicite et Perpetue, and the blue perennial Monk`s Hood.
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Uploaded 23 SEP 09 |
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This photo taken in my garden on the 13th of July 2009 shows the large rambler "Felicite et Perpetue "covering most of an archway together with a smaller "Pink Cloud". All the way to the left on the archway is a big "Rosa Multiflora" unfortunately a bit "washed out" by the light. The big red rose up front right is "Burghausen". In the background may be seen a small part of an elder tree planted to fend off the often strong salty northwest winds. When overlooking this part of my garden I dare say it has done an excellent job performing this crucial task.
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Uploaded 19 JAN 10 |
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The front of my house with roses taken in July 2009. "Felicia" is in full flush. The salmon pink rose is "Rosenresli" which is a bit difficult to handle as she seemis to have a distinct wish to become a climber.Some flowers of "Coral Dawn" and "Louise Odier" are also visible. The two "Fairies" at each side of the entrance have just started to bloom. The red roses bottom right are of "The Dirigent". The blue flowers are lavenders.
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Uploaded 13 SEP 09 |
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