TERO'S GARDEN
Diversity in boreal region & unusual survivors

Eranthis hyemalis (Italiantalventähti)
An very early flowering species from Central and South Europe. It is not very common in Finland though it should not be very difficult. I...
Equisetum sylvaticum (Metsäkorte)
A close relative to E.arvense, but more symmetric in shape. As a weed E.sylvaticum is even worse. If not weeded of 3-4 times every year...
Equisetum arvense (Peltokorte)
This actually beautiful mildew plant is common on clay fields everywhere. It is fragile and easy to weed off, but the deep located root...
Epilobium adenocaulon (Rusoamerikanhorsma)
An invasive alien species from North America. In my garden it is quite common weed growing on all kind of soil and sometimes competing...
Echinacea purpurea (Punahattu)
This beautiful flower is for sale in many different colors in all garden shops. The Finnish name means "red hat", which is not a good...
Dracocephalum ruyschiana (Isoampiaisyrtti)
I have bought this plant about 2010, but had forgotten its name. It took really long time to recognize it, because it has not been for...
Digitalis purpurea (Sormustinkukka)
This is the classic medicine plant from which the heart glycoside digitoxin is extracted from. It means that all this beautiful flower is...
Digitalis grandiflora (Keltasormustinkukka)
The more common Digitalis purpurea occurs in many colors, but the yellow ones belong to an other species D.grandiflora. Otherwise these...
Dicentra formosa (Kesäpikkusydän)
This small "broken heart" has a long blooming time and it is rather modest about the soil. In my previous garden I had hundreds of this...
Dianthus arenarius borussicus (Idänhietaneilikka)
This is a small, grass-like carnation plant and one of my rarest wild plants. In Finland this plant is endangered and protected, growing...
Delphinium cultorum (Jaloritarinkannus)
My first Delphiums died of some unknown reason, they should be hardy in general. So I bought 2018 a new one, which appeared not to be...
Delosperma congesta (Piikkipäivikki)
Delospermas are mostly subtropical species, but some of these succulent plants tolerate very low temperatures for ex. D.congesta. It has...
Dasiphora fruticosa (Pensashanhikki)
Although nearly every garden has this small bush, I like it more than many others. I doesn't demand much care, just annual cutting, it...
Dahlia x hortensis (Daalia)
Dahlia is a subtropical group of very decorative plants and numerous hybrids, normally used just as one-summer flowers. The strong root...
Dactylis glomerata (Koiranheinä)
A high growing plant, to be just a grass this species is rather decorative and sometimes used even in gardens. Grows normally wild and...
Cytisus decumbens (Suikerovihma)
Most of the Cytisus species are European or West Asian. This species is common in many gardens as a land covering low growing plant....
Gypsophila repens (Mätäsharso)
A small perennial plant From Central and South Europe, but it survives also the boreal winter quite well. It har a long blooming time...
Cymbalaria muralis (Rauniokilkka)
Cymbalaria can exist also in the nature in southernmost Finland, but it is very rare. I bought my plant 2018 and after the first winter...
Cupressus macrocarpa (Kultasypressi)
I bought this beautiful cypress for many years back and after that it has been decorating my green house where the winter temperature is...




















