18 au 24 octobre 2021
François and I took a walk in Nice !
Monday Alejandro came for a visit and we decided I needed to remove as much Achillea millefolium from the new prairie as possible. It has taken over and is smothering a lot of smaller plants.
Tuesday James came for a meeting with Mme. et M. to talk about the master plan for the domaine and what should happen next. Tuesday evening François and I headed over to Nice for a dance performance in the Nice Opera.
Ronie came back for a week to help around the house and he had some time to help me in the garden. We did a lot of autumn cutting back and removing Achillea millefolium.
Wednesday morning I had a dentist appointment to remove the very large cavity and thankfully it didn’t turn out to be a root canal. I now have a temporary filling until my appointment next week. Wednesday afternoon François and I walked around Antibes then we headed over to Nice. François headed to the airport in the car and I took a train back to Antibes. It was so nice to see him, even if it was a very short visit.
Thursday and Friday after work I met up with André before he returned to London on Saturday.
Saturday morning I made my way to Alejandro’s for an 8.00 departure to Italy. As soon as we crossed the border, we hit a lot of traffic. At the exit to Bordighera, Alejandro just turned off the engine and everyone was out of their car. After about 30 minutes people started backing up to the closest exit, only 100 behind us, and there we headed to the coastal road to continue our journey. We went through Sanremo, Imperia and finally parked in Oneglia. There we did some shopping and enjoyed a nice lunch.
After lunch we drove to Vivaio Ciancavare, a nursery in Villa Viani where we met up with Helena, James and Vincent. We enjoyed some time meandering around the nursery before heading in when the sun went down and enjoyed a delicious meal.
Sunday we perused the nursery and made lists of plants that we’d like to try in our respective gardens. We enjoyed a delicious lunch then headed home. I hitched a ride with Helena and James this time. It was a very nice weekend and so nice to meet the wonderful people working so hard to produce plants for our dry gardens.
Cours de français hebdomadaire
un embouteillage - a traffic jam
dans les embouteillages - in gridlock
à une allure d'escargot - going at a snail’s pace
un poste de péage - toll booth
rampant le long - creeping along
accélérant - speeding up
marche arrière sur la route - reversing down the road
être coincé dans la circulation - to be stuck in traffic
en retard - running late
être en retard pour le déjeuner - to be running late for lunch
Plant of the week
Lamiaceae Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze
common name(s) - lesser calamint, nepetella, nepitella
infraspecific(s) - C. n. subsp. nepeta; C. n. subsp. spruneri (Boiss.) Bartolucci & F.Conti; C. n. subsp. subisodontum (Borbás) Govaerts
synonym(s) - Acinos transsilvanica Schur; Calamintha acinifolia Sennen; C. alboi Sennen; C. athonica Rchb.; C. barolesii Sennen; C. bonanovae Sennen; C. bonanovae Sennen & Pau; C. brevisepala Sennen; C. caballeroi Sennen & Pau; C. cacuminiglabra Sennen; C. cantabrica Sennen & Elias; C. dilatata Schrad.; C. dufourii Sennen; C. enriquei Sennen & Pau; C. eriocaulis Sennen; C. ferreri Sennen; C. gillesii Sennen; C. guillesii Sennen; C. josephi Sennen; C. largiflora Klokov; C. litardierei Sennen; C. longiracemosa Sennen; C. mollis Jord. ex Lamotte; C. nepeta (L.) Savi; C. n. f. hirsutissima (Pant.) Hayek; C. n. var. athonica (Rchb.) K.Koch; C. n. var. hirsutissima Pant.; C. n. var. mollis (Jord. ex Lamotte) Nyman; C. n. var. nepetoides (Jord.) Nyman; C. nepetoides Jord.; C. obliqua Host; C. officinalis var. nepeta (L.) Rchb. & Rchb.f.; C. parviflora Lam.; C. peniciliata Sennen; C. rotundifolia Host; C. sennenii Cadevall; C. suavis Sennen; C. thessala Hausskn.; C. transsilvanica (Jáv.) Soó; C. trichotoma Moench; C. vulgaris Clairv.; Clinopodium nepeta subsp. nepeta; Faucibarba parviflora Dulac; Melissa aetheos Benth.; M. nepeta L.; M. obtusifolia Pers.; M. parviflora Salisb.; Micromeria byzantina Walp.; Micromeria canescens Walp.; Satureja brauneana var. transsilvanica Jáv.; S. calamintha subsp. nepeta (L.) Briq.; S. calamintha var. mollis (Jord. ex Lamotte) Briq.; S. calamintha var. nepeta (L.) Briq.; S. calamintha var. nepetoides (Jord.) Briq.; S. mollis (Jord. ex Lamotte) E.Perrier; S. nepeta (L.) Scheele; S. nepetoides (Jord.) Fritsch; Thymus athonicus Bernh. ex Rchb.; T. minor Trevir.; T. nepeta (L.) Sm.
conservation rating - none
native to - Mediterranean to Iran
location - Domaine de l’Orangerie
leaves - aromatic, ovate grey-green
flowers - cyme of tiny, up to 1cm, tubular, two-lipped white or pale lilac in summer
fruit - capsule
habit - compact, bushy mound, short-lived perennial, to 400mm tall and wide
habitat - dry, uncultivated meadows, escarpments, walls, on calcareous substratum and it grows from sea level up to 1,500m
pests - generally pest-free
disease - powdery mildew
hardiness - to -15ºC (H5)
soil - light, sandy, well-drained
sun - full sun
propagation - seed sown in spring; division in spring
pruning - cut back in autumn
nomenclature - Lamiaceae - gullet, the name in Pliny refers to the gaping mouth of the corolla; Clinopodium - bed-foot, Dioscorides’ name for the knob-shaped appearance of the inflorescence; nepeta - the name in Pliny for a plant from Nepi, Etruria, Italy
NB - The leaves are harvested in July as the plant comes into flower and are dried for later use; an infusion is beneficial in cases of flatulent colic and weaknesses of the stomach, it is also used to treat depression, insomnia and painful menstruation.
References :
Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5
INPD (Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel) [online] https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/91910?lg=en [5 Nov 21]
IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [5 Nov 21]
North Carolina State Extension [online] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/clinopodium-nepeta/ [5 Nov 21]
Pépinière Filippi [online] https://www.jardin-sec.com/jardin-sec_web/fr/FICHETECHNIQUE.awp?P1=Calamintha%20nepeta&P2=FR [5 Nov 21]
Plants for a Future [online] https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Calamintha+nepeta [5 Nov 21]
Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445833-1 [5 Nov 21]
Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/2605/calamintha-nepeta/details [5 Nov 21]
Un Mondo Ecosostenible [online] https://antropocene.it/en/2017/12/21/clinopodium-nepeta/ [6 Nov 21]
Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinopodium_nepeta [5 Nov 21]
World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000892607 [5 Nov 21]
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