Among the reeds

Sorry for not writing in a while, I've been busy studying and so on. Trying to adapt to my new education and new job at the same time! But I think I'm managing pretty well.

At the moment I'm studying for an exam in scientific names on plants. Tomorrow it's perennials and annual plants, and next week it's woody plants. I've been walkinga round the Alnarp park with my camera, taking pictures and notes. I think I'll do fine tomorrow, but I haven't really had time to study the trees and bushes.

Among the perennials, I found some real favourites. One of tem is this Thalictrum delavayi. I didn't really notice it until I looked at my pictures and found this close-up. It's beautiful, isn't it?



Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' is another plant I plan to put in my future garden. More pictures (from other photographers) are here and here.



I also found (not easy to miss) this Arundo donax. It wasn't on my plant list, but I fell in love with it as soon as I stepped in among the canes and looked up at the sky. I did some research (well, on wikipedia...), and it seems it might not be the best plant in the world to plant anywhere. This makes me quite sad, but I take comfort in the fact that I can always go and talk to it in the park.