I love my flowers in Junin. The climate in Junin is Steppe. It means the step between desert and alpine. So while it is extremely dry in the summer (good for us!) the transitional seasons are rainy and it gets cold in the winter. So roses and hearty perennials do well. There are a lot of trees by the river and we have lots of natural grasses by the lake but the rest of the property is pretty scrubby, think High Chaparral. One thing that is particularly happy here is lavender, which makes me very happy! (and relaxed)
Here are photos of the roses that are in beds on either side of the front door. There are about thirty mature plants. Originally they were all Flame (orange-pink rambler) but we lost several during one especially wet winter. So in additional to the spectacular coral colored roses we have some white Paloma Blanca. These flowers come 2 times when we are here in Patagonia. They are prolific and we have more flowers than vases. The house is full of these flowers.
