We visited this wonderful rose garden in Doué la Fontaine today, 11 km south of Saumur. These three trees with their climbing roses were my favourite. Aujourd’hui nous avons visité cette merveilleuse roseraie à Doué la Fontaine, 11 km au sud de Saumur. Ces trois arbres avec leurs roses grimpantes étaient mes favoris.
Category Archives: Flowers and gardens
Hot Lips
This delightful flower is a Salvia Hot Lips from the sage family. It’s very prolific and an annual. We now have three in our garden and I love them. They flower from May through to October.. Behind you can see a very high Loire at Amboise. Some of the bike paths further along were under …
Love-in-a-Mist – Cheveux de Vénus
This extraordinary flower, which is extremely difficult to photograph because it is so light that it seems to be constantly moving, is an annual from the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) that blooms in spring and early summer. The genus name Nigella comes from the Latin “niger” (which means black), and refers to the plant’s intense black …
Rainy Roses – Roses sous la pluie
The roses, of course, are not holding up well to the rain! But, I can tell you that my new grass is growing like mad! That’s a persistent honeysuckle on the right, by the way. Les roses, bien sûr, ne supportent pas bien la pluie mais je peux vous dire que ma nouvelle herbe s’éclate ! C’est …
Poppies and a Swan – Coquelicots et cygne
Yesterday in Blois, we had dramatic skies – I’m glad I missed the hail though. We didn’t have any in Les Grouëts. Hier à Blois, on a eu un ciel spectaculaire mais je suis contente que j’ai manqué les grêlons. On n’en a pas eu aux Grouëts.
Lili's Lilies
These beautiful arum lilies belong to my friend Liliane whom we call Lili. Mine, below, pale in comparison but they don’t face the same direction. Ces beaux arums sont dans le jardin de mon ami Liliane que nous appelons Lili (lily en anglais veut dire lys). Les miens en dessous ne font pas le poids …
Flowering Chives – Ciboulette en fleur
I owe this photo to Stuart from Amboise Daily Photo. This time last year he posted a photo of chive flowers on his terrace and I was so taken with them that I went and bought a couple of plants. After giving us chives all year round, they now have these lovely mauve flowers. Je …
Spring Greens – Verts de printemps
Our street, just in front of our house, with some of our favourite spring flowers – leopard’s bane (yellow), irises (mauve) and viburnum (white). Notre rue, juste devant notre maison, avec quelques-unes de nos fleurs de printemps préférées: doronic (jaune), iris (mauve) et viorne (blanc).
Hollandia Irises
My surprise iris opened up after my first photo and became more obviously a Hollandia, though a different colour from the ones I’m used to below. Mon iris surpris s’est épanoui après ma première photo et on voit mieux qu’il s’agisse d’un iris Hollandia, mais d’une couleur différente de ceux ci-dessous dont j’ai l’habitude.
The Yellow Vineyard – Le vignoble jaune
After the Bordelaise mix on the vines earlier in the day, I was worried about why this vineyard was covered in yellow but it only turned out to be buttercups which seem to be everywhere this year. Après la bouillie bordelaise sur les vignes plus tôt dans la journée j’étais inquiète de voir ce vignoble tapis …