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Magnolia

By Per Svangren

We were at the botanical gardens in Lärbro. There we saw a fantastic Magnolia.

 The pink and white colors of the flowers were fantastic and beautiful. So we bought it, brought it home, planted it and then just adored it.

 

 It is so beautiful and it spreads it's beauty all over the yard.
People that came during Rute Rear Ute just stopped and smelled it, adored it and just love it, as we do.
Hopefully the flowers will still be there when we come back to Gotland again,  next weekend.

  

Spring Flowers

by Per Svangren

It has been so cold this spring. It started well, with some warm days. But then the cold came back and all the spring flowers which had start blooming..... stopped. All one could see were the blooms.

  

 But now it is warm and all over Gotland you find, vitsippor and blåsippor and there are lot of them. You can see them together or apart. You can see them together with other flowers such as tussilago, gullvivor or vårlök.

  

What a perfect moment it is just sitting in the grass, surrounded by all those flowers and have a cup of coffee and a new baked cinnamon bun from the bakery in Rute.

 

The Botanic garden in Gothenburg

By Per Svangren

They say that The Botanical Garden in Gothenburg is the most beautiful garden in Sweden.

I can´t say if it is true as I just visit Stockholm and Visby botanical gardens, but I can tell you that it is really beautiful. So let the pictures speak for themselves.

    

  

 

Roses in Visby

Along Visby's medieval walls, cobble-stoned streets, and along the chalked stone walls of little cottages, grow the roses of summer. Visby, known as the city of Roses and Ruins,showers it's passersby with the fragrance and beauty of over 200 varieties of roses.

Flowers

 

               

This year I planted 1500 bulbs which are now all starting to bloom. I went out this morning to cut some flowers and it reminded me of this Carl Larsson painting. It seems we are always bringing the outside in.

            

            

           

                     

           

     and finally the last Camellia

        

     

               

This year I planted 1500 bulbs which are now all starting to bloom. I went out this morning to cut some flowers and it reminded me of this Carl Larsson painting. It seems we are always bringing the outside in.

            

            

           

                     

           

     and finally the last Camellia

        

     

Lotta In the Trees

        

Though we are in February it is time to think ahead and prepare for the great fall harvest. It is the best time for pruning the branches on our apple trees and it makes the trees stronger to hold all the apples that we want to have this summer and fall. We have four different apple trees in our yard in Gotland. The most important for us is Stenkyrka, which is an old sort from Gotland. That tree will give us plenty of lovely apples in about half a year. Stenkyrka is also the apple of Gotland. Every part of Sweden has it own apple. Like this:
 Blekinge: Melonäpple
• Bohuslän: Veseäpple
• Dalarna: Tunaäpple
• Dalsland: Oranie
• Gotland: Stenkyrke
• Gästrikland: Malmbergs Gylling

Stenkyrka is a small village in the north part of the island of Gotland and of course the apple is from there. But surely you can find it all over the island. Some people say that Stenkyrka is the most delicious apple in the world. I am sure someone from Gotland said this, but I agree.

     

As Lotta prunes the trees she does so meticulously. The goal is to be able to throw a hat up through the center. This ensures room for the new growth and plenty of sun for our wonderful apples.