Jardin aux Plantes parfumes La Bouichere, 11300 Limoux, France

[shelagh]

Brian and I spent last week with our daughter and family in the south of France, Herault and l'Aude. On the only cool day we visited this lovely Botanic Garden on the outskirts of Limoux (famous for an excellent sparkling white wine, well we had to try it).

The garden was terrific but rather short of visitors apparently the French do not visit gardens in large numbers. We pottered around happily for over 2 hours.  One of the joys was the diversity of flowers and veg. The garden exists on entry charges and selling it's produce.

Most plants were well labelled but I have a few unknowns, so if anyone could help I should be grateful.

 DSCF4628 Caesalpinia gilliesi
 DSCF4627 Caesalpinia gilliesi
 DSCF4630 Albizia julibrissin Rosea
 DSCF4633 Euphorbia Diamond Frost
 DSCF4636 Catalpa in fruit
 DSCF4638 Thuja fruit
 DSCF4639 Commelina coelestis
 DSCF4641 Echinacea purpurea Fragrant Angel
 DSCF4642 Hibiscus Blue Bird
 DSCF4643 Jacobinia suberecta

[Maggi Young]

My goodness, you Forumists do get around,  don't you?
Super looking garden, Shelagh.  Good of you to try the  local wine, eh? 

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for your photos Shelagh, it's lovely to see the more exotic plants that love the heat!
Albizia julibrissin Rosea is wonderfully feathery!

[arillady]

Looks like a site that grows the plants that grow OK here. Hibiscus Blue Bird has been flowering for months now. It has a Parson's Pink rose growing through it so the combination is quite lovely.

[Giles]

Dear Shelagh,
Thankyou very much for the photographs: I love being introduced to new plants to grow.
Mr Bean reckons the Caesalpinia is just about hardy in the south - and I've already ordered the seeds!
(I can't think why  )

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looks like an interesting garden !
Thanks for introducing it Shelagh !!

[shelagh]

Thanks for the comments.  Here comes the next instalment, perhaps not quite so exotic but please keep coming as there will be more.


 DSCF4647 Lagostroemia indica
 DSCF4646 Lagostroemia indica
 DSCF4649 Unknown = Teucrium
 DSCF4652 Senecio vira-vira
 DSCF4656 Ipmoea
 DSCF4657 Peppers
 DSCF4658 Peppers
 DSCF4659 Unknown
 DSCF4660 Aubergine
 DSCF4661 Cucumber

[shelagh]

One or two lovely plants in this posting.  A gorgeous orange bulb which i think had self sown there was only one and it was unlabelled.  Also a golden yellow/orange herbaceous plant which spread loosely. The wonderful climber Dregea sinensis which had a lovely scent was new to us but covered an arbour beautifully.

 DSCF4663 Jaberosa integrifolia
 DSCF4665 Cyclamen hederifolium persicum
 DSCF4668 Heliotrope arborescens alba
 DSCF4669 Unkinown dianthus
 DSCF4671 Dregea sinensis
 DSCF4673 Sysirinchium striatum 'Aount Mary'  = Mount Mary? Aunt Mary?
 DSCF4678 Unknown
 DSCF4684 Pond
 DSCF4733 Lobelia syphilitica Alba
 DSCF4691 Unknown = Belamcanda chinensis

[Diane Clement]

Hi Shelagh, looks like a nice area, thanks for posting the pics.

Unknown 4649 looks like a Teucrium.

Your Cyclamen hederifoliums look more like Cyclamen persicum

Unknown 4691 is Belamcanda chinensis (now called Iris domestica).  It comes in yellow or orange, very easy from seed, will flower in the first year from seed, but a touch tender.  Very characteristic, the way the petals curl round when they go over.  Here's mine, not such a striking colour as the orange.

[shelagh]

Thanks Diane, the Belamcanda was a wonderful colour, trouble is I would think most of these plants are a little bit tender.

[Brian Ellis]

Shelagh if DSCF4659 Unknown had a scented leaf I think it is one of the Agastache, I have a very similar looking one here.

[cohan]

looks like a lovely place indeed to potter about! lots of lovely and exotic looking things!
cohan

[arillady]

Diane why is Belamcanda chinensis now Iris domestica? Who decides these changes?

[shelagh]

Penultimate posting from Limoux. Some more unknowns, thanks for help already suggested.  I have doubled up on a couple of unknowns to try and get a different/better angle.  Glad you are enjoying the sunshine, my daughter says it has been 38C this week


 DSCF4685 Unknown
 DSCF4687 Unknown 2
 DSCF4692 Pomegranite
 DSCF4695 Myrtle
 DSCF4696 Lovely grass
 DSCF4699 Tulbaghia violaceae
 DSCF4701 passion flower
 DSCF4703 Euphorbia
 DSCF4705 Unknown
 DSCF4708 Unknown 2

[shelagh]

OK the last picture should have been the first of this posting so you have 2 different versions of same plant about 5ft high but beautiful with delicate hanging flowers.

 DSCF4709 Unknown
 DSCF4711 French stumpery
 DSCF4712 Poliomintha longiflora
 DSCF4718 Thymus capitatus
 DSCF4720 Salvia canariensis 'Candidissima'
 DSCF4720 Salvia canariensis 'Candidissima'
 DSCF4724 Caparis spinosa
 DSCF4726 Nierenbergia
 DSCF4727 Art