I didn’t realize that Crete got cold enough for snow and sleet.

Your garden is just beautiful! Looks somewhat like mine....bold AND beautiful. What

is the larger yellow rose?

I didn't realize it snowed in Crete either!! But in bad winter weather, it is always reassuring - and energizing - to look back on what the garden was and will be again :-) I love that it is a riot of color and am envious........in my mostly shady and very small garden, it is hard to generate that much color and I especially miss many of the sun loving perennials and roses I had before. But shade plants can have their own appeal and I am learning to appreciate their subtlety.

Daisy, how I would love to stroll through youe gardens. It is all so charming. What is the bright orange rose ?

Beautiful oh my goodness !!! What is the second rose photo? Oh wow .

Gorgeous Daisy! True garden inspiration!

Just wonderful, Daisy!

Kate

Love the roses!!

That is the dream!

Google Skiing in Crete!

Daisy, your garden is a wonder.

There are just not enough superlatives. Under a couple of feet of snow I can only dream.

I cannot think of a garden more wonderful than this. The two photos showing your pond are my favorites because they show a perfect garden composition. Garden structures that raise the roses up high and give them room to show their best really make a garden.

This abundance, color, and underlying structure seem typically "English garden" to me, while the plant choices respect local conditions. Very handsome! I wish we had some of your weather, though not the hail part: we're in full drought here.

The wild flowers of Crete in springtime are a fabulous sight.

Oh my! Your garden is magical. You may repost the same photos over and over and I won't complain!

I hardly know what words to use that will adequately describe my delight in seeing your garden pictures. I’m in absolute awe by the beautiful retreat you’ve created. I hope you’re bored quite often if we are to be treated to this sort of splendor, as a result. Of course I mean this in the nicest possible way:) Thank you very much Daisy! Lisa

Every time I see your pictures I go outside and try to will my little twig babies to grow! So pretty :)

Thank-you Pearlgirl, the large flowered yellow rose in the last photo, is Golden Celebration. Is that the one you meant? Teasing Georgia is the large growing yellow rose at the back of the seventh photo.

Kristine the orange rose is Pat Austin. It is in a pot. It has been in the same pot now for nine years, but still seems happy.

Lilyfinch, it is Cornelia in the second rose photo with a couple of Abraham Darby blooms joining it.

Gardengal and Floral, the wild flowers here are gorgeous. This month all the Anemone coronaria will be flowering all along the road sides and in the olive groves. They will be joined by loads of Clematis cirrhosa. The first winter/spring I spent here, I was told to look out for the wild orchids. I thought they would be hard to find. I didn't know there would be fields of them!

Daisy

The local wild Clematis cirrhosa.

Some of the local wild anemones on some local wasteground.

One of the local orchid strewn meadows.