Plants from Mallorca

Mallorcalta tuoduista siemenistä itäneitä kasveja. Näiden lisäksi ainakin yksi unikon siemen on itänyt.

 Some of the plants that grew from seeds we got from Mallorca in May. Besides these ones there's at least one poppy but it's very little still.


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