Antipodes

On the rose pergola, there's a lot of intermingling between adjacent varieties. Here's a view from the south of the left-hand side o...

Twenty minutes ago, I noticed a couple of superb green lizards approaching one of my garden plots. [Click to enlarge] Maybe they'...

After many hours of manual labor down on my hands and knees, I've finally removed most of the weeds from the garden at Gamone. Here'...

All four peonies of the shrub type are in flower, whereas my five herbaceous specimens are waiting for some prolonged sunshine. Pink Ad...

I'm pleased to discover that I haven't lost a single rose or peony plant since I planted them in 2009. This year, the Gay Paree is ...

I'm thrilled to discover that all the 22 rose bushes and the 9 peonies that I planted back in 2009 have survived the harsh winter. There...

Don't imagine for a moment that the present state of my rose pergola and garden at Gamone might be the outcome of my horticultural skill...

This photo was taken a year ago, on 23 April 2010: And here's a photo taken this morning, on 20 April 2011: There's not much color y...

On Bastille Day, Natacha and Alain came to visit me at Gamone. Knowing that I'd created a garden, they gave me a set of solar lamps. T...

I've seen this glorious butterfly at Gamone in previous years, whenever I've had flowering lavender. It's a Zebra Swallowtail [...

My garden staircase at Gamone is finished. Eight steps in all. Here's a closeup view of the upper half: There's no way in the world ...

As of this afternoon, my staircase is at last presentable… although I still have to finish all the joints with mortar. Besides, it will look...

Named Lolita , this rose might be expected to bloom precociously: On the contrary, it's the last rosebush to blossom in my garden. The f...