TERO'S GARDEN
Diversity in boreal region & unusual survivors

Angelica sylvestris (Karhunputki)
This is a very common plant everywhere on the meadows attracting also to its flowers a lot of different insects. It can reach a height of...
Anemone hupehensis (Syysvuokko)
Bought this species 2019, two plants of two different colors of the flowers. Tis exceptionally in late summer flowering anemone comes...
Anaphalis triplinervis (Villanukkajäkkärä)
This plant may be difficult to distinguish from A.margaritacea, which has narrower leafs. I bought this plant 2019 and it seems to have...
Anaphalis margaritacea (Helminukkajäkkärä)
These flowers were growing along the roadside, hiding among other repressive plants. I have never bought it so it must have escaped from...
Agastache foeniculum (Yrtti-iiso)
Bought this herb 2019, but I have not used it yet in the kitchen because the plant is still small. Blue flowers are my favourite, the...
Aesculus hippocastanum (Hevoskastanja)
I found a seedling of this species in my favorite mushroom forest 2016, planted it in my garden and now it has become a big tree....
Aconogonon divaricatum (Kaitaröyhytatar)
This is a perennial rapidly growing plant that forms a 1.5m high bush in the late summer. Is grows along the roadside as about 15m long...
Achillea ptarmica (Ojakärsämö)
A beautiful small flower growing wild among other plants. This species is common in Finland for ex. along the roadsides. It is a splashy...
Buxus sempervirens (Puksipuu)
Buxus may survive scandinavian winter if the plants are protected against extreme coldness and the spring sun. Most Buxus grow in my...
Bistorta vivipara (Nurmitatar)
This is a wild grass, common in the north Scandinavia, but more rare in the south. It is the host plant of caterpillars of the violet...
The green house - Kasvihuone
The green house is subtropical and the winter temperature is about 0-5 degrees C. It is grounded 1995 and plants have completely filled...
The pond - Lammikko
There is a small artificial pond where all the rain water is collected. Most of the plants growing there have fount the place by...
The blueberry forest - Mustikkametsä
About 1/3 of the garden is left to grow wild. In that part the soil is poor and full of stones, but blueberries, birches and ferns like...
Annapurna
One side of the garden faces towards the street and forms several terraces. So in our eyes it looks like Himalayan fields. This is the...
The south slope - Etelärinne
This is the area of warmth demanding plants and survival experiments. It faces against south while in background there is a 30m high rock...
The rock - Kallio
My village (Koskenkylä) is a very rocky place near the Finnish gulf of Baltic sea. There is about 30m high rock on the north side of my...
The entrance - Etupiha
There are several different parts in my garden of about 3000m2 in size. About 1/3 of it is natural forest, and 1/3 consist of different...
Sandy slope - Ahderinne
This is perhaps botanically the most valuable part of my garden, because several protected species grow here: Dianthus arenarius...
Berteroa incana (Harmio)
An ignored nice wild plant growing especially on dry sandy places near the old garrisons. It comes originally from hot steps in southern...




















