The Joy Of A Blossoming Balcony

Since the beginning spring, I've studied how to enrich Gomad Mansion's balcony by choosing different kind of flowers, spices, teas as well as meadow flowers. Now after many weeks of hard investigation and work, this venture is close to fulfillment. Let's have a look around this beautiful spot:



These flowers are on the ground because of the terrifying storm that has blown forcefully around Gomad Mansion. In the background behind the fence is Gomad Meadow. It has approximately the size of 1 m² and is supposed to blossom throughout spring, summer and autumn. On the left and in the middle are the 16 new geraniums, which I've planted yesterday. The empty pot will be for the tomatoes. But there is no point to plant them before the middle of May. Next to the tomatoe pot are the forget-me-not, which actually belong to Tigresa. The daisies in the corner are a constant source of pleasure and water supplying duty.



The green section consists of basil, parsley, chives, sage, English peppermint, Moroccan peppermint and lemon balm. The small one on the right is a Cobaea, which is a rapidly growing, perennial climber from Mexico. Let's give it some time to grow. It can reach the lenght of 10 m and will bear large, bell-shaped, purplish flowers. The rest of this section will not be allowed to blossom in order to not to loose their powers.



The flowers are supposed to blossom and bring joy from dawn to dusk. The lovely tulips are a present from Gatín. He has picked them on a muddy flower field. After that, he had to wash all his clothes and shoes. It's far too rainy in Switzerland right now.