honey suckle

honey suckle

庭の紹介

 夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました. 赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.
 2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.



6/18/2014

Star of Persia

Allium christophii has been my favorite since I first looked it at the Sissinghurst Castle in Kent.

Hundreds of tiny, metallic blue-purple star shaped florets make a large spherical flower.  Sometimes called the 'Star of Persia' because it is a native of Turkey and Iran.

The border garden at Sissinghurst Castle in 2010

I had been looking for the bulbs of the allium, and two years ago I got a dozen of bulbs and planted.  They bloomed splendidly in 2013 and 2014.  

May 2013

May 2014

May 2014


Dried flower heads are quite ornamental in the garden as well as in a vase.  They last for years.

17th June 2014




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