Sweet-smelling Jasmine to combat the winter blues. Un jasmin odorant pour combattre les jours tristes d’hiver.
Category Archives: Flowers and gardens
Winter Jasmin – Jasmin d’hiver
Early Narcissus – Narcisses précoces
Poinsettia for Christmas – Pointsettia de Noël
In France the pointsettia, which originated in Mexico, is a favourite indoor Christmas plant. I grew up knowing it as a garden plant in the tropical winter of North Queensland in Australia where it flowers in July and August. It produces the red (or pink) leaf-like bracts around its tiny flowers. It rarely lasts long …
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Not Snow But Frost – Non pas de neige mais de la gelée
Snow was forecast yesterday, which is very early here. Fortunately we got our first frost instead. La neige était prévue hier, ce qui est très tôt pour cette région. Heureusement nous avons eu notre première gelée à la place.
Roses, Autumn Leaves and a Weather Vane – Des roses, des feuilles d’automne et une girouette
Autumn from my Window – Automne depuis ma fenêtre
Last Hollyhocks – Dernières roses trémières
It was so hot this summer that our hollyhocks were not at all happy but these two, across the road from our house, were late bloomers though a little on the short side. Il faisait tellement chaud cet été que nos roses trémières étaient bien tristes. Ces deux-là, par contre, ont poussé en face de …
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Holly, Hydrangeas & Plumbago – Houx, hortensias & plumbago
After having stunning weather for so long, it’s turned cold and rainy which is very discouraging for a photographer. Today however the sun came out so I rushed outside to take some garden photos before it all disappears. Après un temps magnifique tout l’automne, le froid et la pluie sont arrivés ce qui est bien …
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Passiflore
Nature is amazing. When I first saw this flower I thought it was clematis but in fact it’s a passion flower or passion vine. La nature est étonnante. Lorsque j’ai vu cette fleur je pensais que c’était une clématite mais en fait c’est une fleur de la passion ou grenadille.