Today I have a right old mix of bits and pieces from the garden to share with you. The garden planting only began this Winter and so most are a little behind and still not blooming in the way that they one day will. That there are flowers at all to show you is very pleasing for me as I have inherited not a sausage; the garden was a paddock for the goats, and to be honest they would have eaten the sausage too.
In my vase I have orange Sparaxis, the first bloom from what I hope will be a cutting bed. There is Geum ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ Astrantia ‘Roma’ a mix of Aquilegia brought from my last garden. There is a Purple Sensation Allium a bit of Geranium Johnsons Blue. And there are some flags thanks to the French Lavender and pale pale yellow from the Tiarella of the Liz variety, so called by me, after the kind donation of seedlings.
So that’s it folks, a sneak preview of what is happening in my garden. I hope you approve and of course, as always , now take a look at Cathy’s blog, Ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/01/06/2105/in-a-vase-on-monday/pink-and-proud-of-br />
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Such lovely color ! Good luck with your cutting garden this summer 😊
Hi and thank you. I hope to have lots of pretties to put in my Monday vases.
Yes, what fun now that there is plenty in the garden from which to choose 😉
Lovely! A rainbow in a vase. What are the yellow spikes?
I like your use of the word rainbow to describe the multi colours, thanks. the yellow spikes are taken from a Tiarella. They were seedlings from my friends garden and so I am not sure which variety they are. Tiarella cordifolia is an excellent ground cover plant with attractive evergreen leaves, suited to dappled and full shade. They like a moist soil so I hope they will work well on my heavy soil.
Great, thanks. I planted Tiarella ‘sky rocket’ in my garden last year, it is pretty but does not have spikes as large as yours – I will look out for other Tiarellas.
And every one is lovely, Dorris. I am especially intrigued by the almost ‘maroon’ aquilegia – is it really that colour? The astarntia ‘Roma’ that I had last year as a tiny plant is now beginning to look pinker than it first did, but still not nearly as dark as yours. I am so glad you have got some flowers to enjoy in your garden and hope that all is going to plan. Thanks for sharing today 🙂
Your Astrantia is a lovely colour Dorris! 🙂
Thanks. I am very pleased with how it is settling in, having put on lots of new growth. It is ‘ Roma’ according to the label. It came from The Plant Specialist in Great Missenden, a good source for lovely varieties.
I love the close up photos, you can just feel the pop of colour! I haven’t come across Spraxis before, always dismissed summer bulbs, but I now I’m reconsidering. The deep maroon of Aquilegia ‘Barlow’ is magical.
Glad you liked the photos. The Sparaxis should be various shades of oranges, reds and yellow. I am curious to see how they appear as so far only the oranges have shown their faces.
A perfect combo for a vase from the garden…lovely!
Thanks! A bit hap hazard but certainly eye candy.
Thank you, I am pleased you like it!
Love it – it’s like a trailer to the movie that will one day be your garden feature film!
Very nice mix of colofs – what is the orange flower, is that the Geum?
Thanks. There is the orange Geum ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ and the orange Sparaxis which is from a bag of Summer bulbs of mixed colour sparaxis.