Stories Collected While Living in France

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In Our Garden

In the garden, Provence, Spring

 

 

The Judas tree's pink petals are dropping, pink snowflakes.

"Judas Tree is a common name for a flowering tree, Cercis siliquastrum from which Judas Iscariot is reputed to have hanged himself." French Husband told me this about the Judas tree. I preferred not knowing that tale. 

 

 

 

Provencal garden, France, our garden in Spring

 

 

 

The old red roses have the most enchanting fragrant. My brother Marty made me that little red bird house ten years ago or so. I love the weathered look it has put on.

 

 

Provencal garden, France, our garden in Spring

 

 

The daisy plant survived throughout the year, that is a first for me.

I like to think it means it loves being here.

 

 

 

 

Judas tree petals in the fountain, French garden, Provence

 

 

 

 

Petals in the fountain.

It looks really pretty when the goldfish are on the surface, the bright colors in dark waters.

 

 

Provencal garden, France, our garden in Spring

 

 

 

Chinese snowball viburnum.

This shrub reminds me of childhood. 

The rosemary plant is trying to be Japanese art, I think it is clever. Actually it is reaching for the sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iris amongst the lavender

 

 

 

An iris amongst the lavender.

Van Gogh is remembered often when they bloom.

 

 

 

Chinese snowball viburnum

 

 

Chinese snowball viburnum

 

 

 

Chinese snowball viburnum

 

 

We built this fountain, remember that, in 2006.

 

 

 

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French olive pots, antique provencal pots, our garden

 

 

 

Judas tree petal, antique garden chair, Provencal garden,

 

 

Oh happy spring.

I wish I could freeze frame the garden as it is. 

Such a lovely time of the year.

How does your garden grow?

 

xxx

Comments

22 responses to “In Our Garden”

  1. s

    Love the Zinc pitchers…..
    Looking forward to my flowers blooming maybe in May.

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  2. Kipper

    Your r photos are beautiful! Snowball plant r,nods me of favorite Aunty’s garden and being given little bouquets of snowball flowers and other blooms from her delightful garden. She would always give me a hug first, then present the flowers. Oh how I miss those hugs…

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  3. Cheri Hansen

    Lovely, Lovely… I want you to move next door to me so; I can enjoy this everyday. Cheri

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  4. Marilyn

    My garden is growing well, but I believe where you are is ahead of us in Oregon. How lovely to have roses and daisy’s already. And those snow balls always remind me of my children having snowball fights in the summer with these blossoms. Oh I just love seeing your blooms.

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  5. Diogenes

    Your back yard looks heavenly. I love the bearded iris and the roses! If I’m not mistaken, Judas Tree grows in Southern California.

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  6. Jacklynn Lantry

    I love spring as well. Everything wakes up after a long and cold winter. New England is so dark and dreary in winter, it’s nice to see green again. The ornamental pears are blooming up the driveway with grape hyacinth underneath, star magnolia are bursting and the hellebores are amazing. They may be my new favorite plant.

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  7. LauraInSeattle

    Thank you for such a lovely dose of beauty today!

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  8. Kathie B

    No fruits or veggies? :-(((

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  9. Ann of Avondale

    Our Spring garden is a piece of paradise. Irises – white, blue, pink and yellow are gorgeous, Asiatic Lillis – orange, red, yellow, and, pink, are heavenly, even our cactus bloomed this year for the first time with beautiful, red delicate flowers, geraniums – the peach color is amazing. We have so many flowering plants it’s incredible. I sit in our patio and feel blessed to have such beauty around me. It’s intoxicating.

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  10. Ann of Avondale

    Hi – what color of irises do you have? see my comment below for a description of our garden. Our irises are beautiful. I also love irises.

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  11. Momof5

    What’s blooming… Pansies, African Daisy’s, daffodils, blue grape hyacinths, pink and purple hyacinths, my ornamental cherry tree, peach tree and red bud tree. And my lawn is sprouting the first dandelions for the 🐝.

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  12. Taste of France

    Your garden is lovely, like a secret hideaway. The fountain looks quite at home. We also put in an old, old stone fountain. Very useful. I want to add a bougainvilla this year. I had one long ago, but it died the year with a cold winter–below freezing for a week–was that 2011? Haven’t tried since, but the winters just keep getting warmer, so it’s likely to survive.

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  13. Corey

    We have a no water garden. Except I water the daisies.

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  14. Leslie in Oregon

    The beautifully fragrant Daphne Odora is just finishing a long bloom, as are the first round of flowering trees. The quince bloom is gorgeous, and the rhododendrons and lilacs will soon come on. Thank you for the tour of your garden, which is beautiful! The stonework around your brother’s birdhouse is a formidable (Fr.) part of that beauty. Now off to read your 2006 post about building the fountain, Leslie

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  15. Susie

    Well, since it snowed again LAST NIGHT, you might guess there is nothing blooming here in the middle of nowhere, Nevada – sigh. Your garden makes me quite green – with envy. Beautiful.

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  16. Tina

    magnifique! votre jadin, les belles fleurs en rose et violet….des splendides fotos, corey, merci de partager avec nous, mon coeur dance…. j´aime le printemps , ma saison preferée, avec l été , biensûr;-) Tina

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  17. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    So interesting to see (and hear) what flowers are blooming in your and various readers’ gardens at this time of year. Mine is still firmly in early spring mode. No irises yet, their leaves aren’t even crinkling up as though they’re considering blooming yet.
    That poor Judas tree deserves a better name than that; the petals are so vivid and wonderful floating on the fountain waters and gracing the chair and garden. How about Redbud tree instead? I think they’re kissing cousins actually; redbuds are the state flower of Oklahoma and provide hopeful hints of spring, pink clouds among the otherwise bare twigs of all the other trees on the rolling hillsides, they’re such early bloomers.

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  18. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    I call that sort of daisy a “marguerite.” What is is called there in France?

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  19. Anne

    Dreamy….I want to come back! Enjoyed spring gardens in France, then came to Virginia and were greeted with lush vivid azaleas and delicate dogwoods…yes, I LOVE spring!

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  20. Camy

    Corey, your garden is a quiet and beautiful oasis. I could spend hours in that magical space!

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  21. Mardog

    Your garden is beautiful. It’s hard not to go crazy with taking photos of all the surprises that catch our eyes.

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  22. chelsea

    Oh I love Spring **sigh**
    All the flowers look so pretty..

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