Spring flowers in Italy

"McJ" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Not to be too anal retentive about it, but a lot would depend upon time period and the wealth of the garden's owner. What are those?

Olives, and about a thousand other plants! Do a search on Italian Gardens or find one of their botanical garden sites.

The time period is 1922 and the owner appears to be relatively affluent, though probably not filthy rich. Thanks.

JK

Well, I was in Rome for Easter and there were hanging clusters of purple flowers on vines everywhere. Common name, too, but I'll be darned if I can think of it right now. If someone knows, please fill in the blank. I will remember when I hear it.

The Isabella Stuart Garner Museum in Boston is an Italian Palace. It has 6 floral arrangements during the year. One of these has nasturtiums trailing from the balconies around the courtyard. Nastertiums are easy to grow and produce brilliant orange flowers on bright green folliage. If you look at the pix on

in the north in april, roses would be king. in the fields, buttercups.

Wisteria! Ha. I knew I'd remember it eventually. And they were gorgeous, too.

Giselle