Lychnis chalcedonica (Palava rakkaus)
A striking perennial color spot among the garden plants, also blooming a rather long time. The Finnish name means "burning love". An apt...
Diversity in boreal region &Â unusual survivors
A striking perennial color spot among the garden plants, also blooming a rather long time. The Finnish name means "burning love". An apt...
A wild bush growing in nutritious Groves commonly mostly in southern Finland. The flowers are small and the red berries poisonous. It is...
One of the most common creepers in our gardens. The flowers have a very pleasant odor, which gets stronger during the night. The plant...
A bush with yellow flowers and blue berries. In nature L.caerulea grows jus in a restricted area in the North-East. It is protected by...
I had to buy this North American exotic tree just because it is said to be ver difficult to get over the winter here. Its first winter in...
One of the most beautiful wild flowers with bright yellow and orange colors. It grows usually on sandy waste lands and along the roads...
In Europe a common shrub found everywhere, but not in the boreal region. The northernmost wild bushes may be found in south Sweden. It...
As most oft the genus Ligularia, also L.wilsoniana comes from China. It resembles quite much L.przewalskii and likes also moist soil and...
A common perennial decorative plant from China and Mongolia. The long and high inflorescence consists of numerous small yellow flowers....
This large perennial plant from China and Japan is often seen in boreal gardens. Due to its late flowering time, it functions as an...
A beautiful, spike-formed perennial flower from eastern North America. Its colors attracts butterflies and also the attention of people....
In Apiaceae family there are many common spice plants but L.officinale is one of the most traditional of them. Though it is somehow...
A small lily showing its white flowers some later than the most of other in spring blooming onion plants. Though small, the flower is...
A strong but small land cover plant from the small Catham Island in New Zealand. It is used to fill for example the spaces between...
This high plant with large and bright colored flowers can't be ignored when growing on roadsides. Usually it is seen in gardens but...
A beautiful plant with a pleasant odor. It is sold in the spring everywhere. I planted year 2019 stoechas' outside and they survived the...
We buy some Lavandulas each spring for decoration and for the kitchen. Usually I have to throw them away in autumn, because they are not...
I have had this noble and spicy tree in my green house for years. The only problem with is have been the aphids which paint the leaves...
A perennial weed with beautiful yellow flowers. It spreads effectively by its side roots which are difficult to weed off. Sometimes I...
This large and hardy conifer is rather common in Finnish forests but it is nearly always planted by man. It prefers the continental...