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TERO'S GARDEN

Diversity in boreal region & unusual survivors

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Origanum vulgare (Mäkimeirami)

A spicy herb from dry sandy fields, often used as pizza-spice. It can be sometimes found also as wild herb, but most often it is bought...

Omalotheca sylvatica (Ahojäkkärä)

A common but rather unknown perennial weed, growing on dry sandy wastelands. The flowers are small and colorless, maybe that's why the...

Myrica gale (Suomyrtti)

An aromatic small bush often growing wild near the lakes or some other wet places. I have just one Myrica gale, transported from my...

Matteuccia struthipteris (Kotkansiipi)

A large fern, which likes humid soil and shadow. The shape of the plant is proud and the leaves symmetric and deep green. The Finnish...

Matricaria discoidea (Pihasaunio)

A small weed with modest greenish flowers, usually growing on dry sandy paths where nothing else grows. A harmless annual, very rapidly...

Lysimachia vulgaris (Ranta-alpi)

The high growing L.vulgaris is one of the most common wild flowers in my garden. It behaves nearly like a weed, but I let it grow in most...

Lychnis viscaria (Mäkitervakko)

One of the most common plants on the rock and the sandy slope. When blooming in the beginning of June all the rock turns lilac attracting...

Lonicera xylosteum (Lehtokuusama)

A wild bush growing in nutritious Groves commonly mostly in southern Finland. The flowers are small and the red berries poisonous. It is...

Linaria vulgaris (Kannusruoho)

One of the most beautiful wild flowers with bright yellow and orange colors. It grows usually on sandy waste lands and along the roads...

Lathyrus pratensis (Niittynätkelmä)

A perennial weed with beautiful yellow flowers. It spreads effectively by its side roots which are difficult to weed off. Sometimes I...

Lapsana communis (Linnunkaali)

One of the most common weeds in my garden. It is annual, but one plant may produce thousands of seeds, so it is difficult to eliminated....

Lamium album (Valkopeippi)

This wild perennial plant resembles very much the common nettle, at least before the white flowers appear. The leaves are partly...

Lactuca muralis (Jänönsalaatti)

On of the most persistent weeds of my garden. The species is not at all common everywhere and in Finland it is restricted to the south...

Knautia arvensis (Ruusuruoho)

A perennial wild flower, which attracts a lot of all kind of insects. It is also the food plant for the diurnal hawk moth Hemaris tityus....

Juniperus communis (Kataja)

Th wild juniper grows as one of the most common conifers on the rock behind my garden. Also some specimens have been rooted inside the...

Jacobaea vulgaris (Jaakonvillakko)

The bright yellow J.vulgaris is one of the most striking flowers decorating the roadsides in late July. You may find it mostly in...

Iris pseudacorus (Keltakurjenmiekka)

This high growing, yellow Iris prospers near the pond, typical for this water loving plant. It is quite common in southern Finland along...

Impatiens parviflora (Rikkapalsami)

This annual species came from Central Asia in the middle of 18th century. After that it has became quickly common killing effectively all...

Hypericum perforatum (Mäkikuisma)

A common wild perennial flower, also used as decorative plant. It is some poisonous while its close relative H.maculatum is commonly...

Hylotelephium telephium (Isomaksaruoho)

This succulent grows in my garden both as an original wild plant and a commercial decorative variety with pink flowers. Telephium is the...

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