Ivy (
lierre in French) growing on a wall and on a well... the well is our community well. Residents of the hamlet are welcome to take water from it, but nobody does any more. It dates back to the days when there was no piped-in water here. Apparently, the well is very deep.
The plant with yellow flowers above and below is a variety of St. John's wort, called
mille-pertuis in French. It is invasive and has really spread over the 22 years we've lived here. The Wikipedia article about it says it is widely considered to be a noxious weed and is called goatweed in various places. It is in the Hypericum genus and grows worldwide. The flowers are pretty. A wild variety with smaller flowers grows out in the vineyard.
Ivy (lierre in French) growing on a wall and on a well... the well is our community well. Residents of the hamlet are welcome to take water from it, but nobody does any more. It dates back to the days when there was no piped-in water here. Apparently, the well is very deep.
The plant with yellow flowers above and below is a variety of St. John's wort, called mille-pertuis in French. It is invasive and has really spread over the 22 years we've lived here. The Wikipedia article about it says it is widely considered to be a noxious weed and is called goatweed in various places. It is in the Hypericum genus and grows worldwide. The flowers are pretty. A wild variety with smaller flowers grows out in the vineyard.
Oh, the gate and the terrace and the flower boxes look. beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYes those yellow flowers are pretty. Too bad they come with the plant. Your petunias are going to be lovely when they fill out your window boxes.
ReplyDeleteI planted a passion vine a few years ago and it has invaded. It's amazing how they spread once they take hold.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look up passion vine. Our house here at one time was covered in what in French is called vigne vierge — Virginia creeper, in English, I believe. I don't know when the previous owner had it all taken down.
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