# Gardening with Julia

> Flowers, plants and stories from a mountain garden in Bran, Romania


## Posts

- [The garden in November](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/the-garden-in-november/): My November tasks in the garden in Bran: mounded roses, protected hydrangeas, pots under cover and the sowing plan for February.
- [The garden in October](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/the-garden-in-october/): My October tasks in the garden in Bran: bulbs, bare-root roses, dahlias, leaves, apples in the cellar and seeds to save.
- [The garden under snow](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/the-garden-under-snow/): My garden in Bran (Brașov County, Romania) on a day of heavy snow. Photo from my own archive.
- [The perennials that came through winter well in my garden](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/perennials-that-came-through-winter/): In the first days when the snow begins to shyly retreat, the garden doesn’t give you all the answers at once.
- [First tasks after the snow melts](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/first-tasks-after-the-snow-melts/): In the mountains, snow doesn’t retreat all at once.
- [Roses after the rain](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/roses-after-the-rain/): There’s a magic hour after a summer rain stops when the garden seems to me at its peak.
- [Summer colors in Bran](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/summer-colors-in-bran/): My first summer here, in 2007, puzzled me.
- [The garden in September](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/the-garden-in-september/): My September tasks in the garden in Bran: flowers, perennials, bulbs, the lawn and getting ready for the first cold nights.

## Pages

- [Pruning fruit trees](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/pruning-fruit-trees/): Without leaves, the canopy becomes an open book: you can quickly spot branches that cross and areas that are too shady.
- [Pruning clematis](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/pruning-clematis/): A white large-flowered clematis on the garden obelisk after a summer rain.
- [Pruning ornamental shrubs](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/pruning-ornamental-shrubs/): When does it flower, and on which stems?
- [The mountain planting and care calendar](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/planting-calendar/): A guide to revisit year after year. This calendar gathers the possible tasks, month by month, without setting fixed dates.
- [Sowing and seedlings in the mountains](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/sowing-and-seedlings/): Spring after spring, I tried again and again to sow directly in the ground, as the gardening books recommended.
- [Pests and diseases](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pests-and-diseases/): There’s a moment every May when my garden looks perfect. For two weeks.
- [Feeding and soil care](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/soil-compost-and-mulch/): I’ve come to believe that in a mountain garden, the soil deserves as much attention as the plants.
- [Fall lawn care with three large dogs](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/seasonal-planting-and-care/fall-lawn-care-with-dogs/): A lawn that’s alive and easy to repair, not a perfect one.
- [How I protect my garden from wind in the mountains](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/wind-protection-in-the-mountains/): In my garden in Bran (Brașov County, Romania), at about 770 m (2,500 ft), wind is one of the things I have to keep in mind when planting.
- [Seasonal planting and care](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/seasonal-planting-and-care/): How I repair thinned-out patches, which seed worked for me and what having dogs changes in the care plan.
- [Sweet William](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/sweet-william/): Clusters of color that come back on their own, get through Bran’s winters and bloom until the first frost.
- [Echinacea](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/echinacea/): Echinacea is one of the best-loved plants in my garden.
- [Foxglove (Digitalis)](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/foxglove/): Painted bells on tall spires — a summer show for part shade and a magnet for bumblebees.
- [Hardy mountain plants](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/my-garden/hardy-mountain-plants/): What I’ve learned over the years about cold, damp, wind and plants’ ability to come back.
- [Pruning hydrangeas](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/pruning-hydrangeas/): The hydrangeas in the garden before the spring pruning.
- [Munstead Wood](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/roses/munstead-wood/): Some flowers catch your eye from a distance; others draw you closer. Munstead Wood does both.
- [The Fairy family of roses: pink, red and magenta](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/roses/the-fairy/): Three own-root roses that have proven tough, generous and far more vigorous than I expected.
- [Pruning roses](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/pruning-roses/): Removing spent flowers isn’t the same as the main pruning of the bush.
- [My rose collection](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/my-garden/my-rose-collection/): In my garden in Bran, in Romania’s Brașov County, the roses grow under the gaze of the mountains.
- [The hydrangeas in my mountain garden](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/hydrangeas-in-my-mountain-garden/): In photos of my garden, the hydrangeas show up in pink, white and lilac, with flowers that are sometimes round, sometimes cone-shaped or lacy.
- [Roses](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/roses/): Here I gather, variety by variety, the roses I grow in my garden in Bran, Brașov County, Romania.
- [Garden phlox](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/garden-phlox/): In my garden, tall phlox grows among the roses as a companion plant, with pink, magenta and lilac flowers gathered in clusters at the top of the stems.
- [Planting bulbs in the mountains](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/planting-bulbs-in-the-mountains/): In the mountains, the bulbs I grow fall, for me, into two big categories: those planted in fall for the following spring, and the frost-tender ones I bring into the garden once the weather warms up.
- [Herbs in the mountains](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/herbs-in-the-mountains/): In my garden, herbs fall into two categories: the ones that come back on their own every spring and the ones I call back myself.
- [Pruning by plant type](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/pruning-by-plant-type/): When and how much I prune depends on the plant in front of me.
- [Soil and water](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/my-garden/soil-and-water/): The ground beneath the flowers and the path water takes at 770 meters.
- [Protecting the garden in winter](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/winter-garden-protection/): In the mountains, the garden goes dormant from November, but the weather doesn’t always give it peace.
- [Climate and exposure](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/my-garden/climate-and-exposure/): Set between the Bucegi Mountains and Piatra Craiului, my garden faces the whims of the weather every day.
- [Indigoletta – a violet-lilac climbing rose](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/roses/indigoletta/): Indigoletta is a climbing rose with large violet-lilac flowers that can take on bluish tints in cool light.
- [Terms of use](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/terms-of-use/): Gardening with Julia is an editorial site about gardening and life in a mountain garden in Bran, Romania.
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- [Contact](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/contact-me/): Have a question about plants, a story from your own garden or an idea for a collaboration? Send me a message and I’ll reply as soon as I can.
- [Journal](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/journal/): Notes from my garden through the seasons: what bloomed, what I changed and what I learned.
- [Privacy policy](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/privacy/): The operator of Gardening with Julia is Iulia Comisu, Bran, Brașov County, Romania.
- [Plants](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/plants/): Here you’ll find profiles of the plants in my garden, in alphabetical order.
- [My Garden](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/my-garden/): A short season, unusual soil and many surprisingly brave plants.
- [Practical guides](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/guides/): Step-by-step work for a mountain garden: sowing, soil, plant health, pruning and protection.
- [About](https://gardeningwithjulia.com/about/): I’m Julia, and Gardening with Julia is where I gather stories and observations from my garden in Bran, Brașov County, Romania.
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