I had no idea that perennial buckwheat (Fagopyrum acutatum syn. F. dibotrys) and skirret (Sium sisarum) could be 2.5m ( 8 feet) tall! Probably a result of our cold wet spring which promotes growth, but delays flowering! The buckwheat is at the front and you can see the flower umbels of skirret at the back!
Flowering Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde seen from the kitchen window…
….and if you follow my “80-a-day” diet you can be up to 30 years younger cognitively ;)
NB! Note that it’s “leafy green” vegetables….tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, sweet corn, carrots don’t count :)
I’ve had the privilige to lead two almost 2 hours tours of the garden this evening for Klimafestivalen i Trondheim (Trondheim Climate Festival). If these guys are the future, the future looks bright…
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus (from seed sown in 2004) is a good midsummer flowering species, here together with Allium scorodoprasum, possibly the Vikings’ garlic (garlic = geirlauk which means “spear onion”)
The common hawker /vanlig øyestikker (Aeshna juncea) is a common dragonfly found from Ireland to Japan and in northern North America. This one (a female) “appeared” in my wheelbarrow when I was moving compost today!
