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Garden with over 800 varieties of roses on terraces overlooking the Saône river in La Mulatière
In this garden that hides on a hill south of Lyon, rose is queen. On one hectare completely walled, La Bonne Maison hosts more than 800 varieties of roses along the terraces that overlook the Saône. Whether you are on the dirt road, in the garden of yuccas, in the orchard, the paved alley or the secret garden, some pergolas receive hoops covered with roses. Clematis, which sometimes reach more than six metres high, come to join the roses to attack cypresses, Prunus or Judas trees. Large lawns links the various gardens, resting a bit the eyes dazzled by the explosion of colours offered by the flowers. In every season, they develop their fragrant bulbs, their coloured petals… If Mars is the ideal month to discover narcissus, tulips, crocus or cyclamen, April is the month of tree and botanical peonies, as well as roses from China and Persia. In May, iris, oriental poppies and roses are the pride of the owner, Odile Masquelier, while June feasts over long-lived gerania, daylilies, hydrangeas and other perennials. September and October see the fruits of ramblers tilting at cyclamen and colchicum.
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