Welcome spring! After many days of rainfalls finally the sun comes out and illuminates the show in the front garden. The allliums and irises are all in bloom with their blues, lilac, violets. Here and there the whites of wild allimums show their heads. All the pennisetums and the mischantus begin to take back their place shouldered by all the buxus. This is the first wave. They are now waiting for the roses’ and paeonies’ song. In a week all of them will be blooming eveywhere around the garden, For the moment a solitary red paeony greeted me. Last year none of the red paeonies showed a flower. So this was a real surprise. Even if I was waiting some results from last winter’s work: composting, organic fertilising and other bio cares.
The effect of the red among the bluesand the greens is electrifying.
It’s the same effect of the tulips that have faded out. But I have to say that the richness of structure of the paeony’s flower is unique. Wish they could last long enough to accompany the blue agapanthus song.
Posted by jane rossetto on May 9, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Its so lovely watching your garden. From my part of the world there is not a lot of water to waste on pants which don’t suit or belong. Its so green and lush. Wow. Jane
Posted by andrea on May 9, 2010 at 6:52 pm
thank you jane! As a matter of fact from one side we are lucky here, I barely need to water as rainfalls are very costant and plentiful the whole springtime and good part of the summer. Plus all my plants are suitable for the mediterranean climate and very drought resistant. I just water sparingly the vegetable garden.
Posted by Catharine on September 5, 2010 at 7:50 am
I am really pleased to encounter this blog through Blotanical and love the contrast of your figure squeezed into a corner in a tangible expostion of claustrophobia contrasted by the abundance of lush acreage in Venice-of-little-space. (well, I know you are on the Lido) More postings please!
Posted by andrea on September 5, 2010 at 4:15 pm
thank you Kate. I promise I’ll do more postings very soon,
I stopped posting for some months as I had too much work to do outside my garden (and my corner)
and had not even the time to work on my blog….