Years ago, back when our good friends, Roger and Dominique, were our landlords, Roger gave Anna two planter boxes for our living room windows. It had started when Anna was admiring all the lovely plants on Roger and Dominique’s terrace and made a comment about missing the flowers in our garden at home. Soon Roger generously delivered some “spares” - two window boxes complete with potting soil, trays and hangers for the railing. Voila! Anna had her very own “garden”!
Since then each stay in “our apartment” has started with the removal of last year’s dead plants and the planting of lovely, new plants. Finding a place to buy plants close to where we live in the city has presented difficulties in the past. However, we have “discovered” a wonderful local marché just a short walk away. This marché has many, many great products: fresh vegetables, cheese, honey, meats, cut flowers, plants, etc., etc.
The Marché
One of Anna's favorite booths belongs to a lady who carries a wide variety of cut flowers, and herb, veggie, and flower plants. On her recent visit to the marché, Anna was very pleased to find the lady happily surrounded by lots of flowers and plants of all sorts.
So here is a photo of this year’s baskets complete with geranium and lithodora plants. Both plants are happy in full sun and should do well in the baskets. (Those sticks are there to discourage pigeons from moving in and nesting.)
And, we have found that the lithodora plants are particularly popular with local bees. That was a bit of a surprise since our apartment is on the 4th floor (French)/5th floor (US). How do they know there’s good stuff for them here to begin with? And, how amazing that it’s worth the effort to fly way up here! Just a surprise bonus, I guess.
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