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Allium Purple Sensation, Anthriscus sylvestris, Anthriscus sylvestris ravenswing, Aquilegia, Borago officinalis, cerinthe major purpurascens, Hebe hulkeanea, hedgerows and bonnets, in a vase on Monday, New Zealand lilac, persicaria bistorta, Sweet cicely, Thalictrum Elin
From the title, some of you may immediately know what I am going to have in today’s vase: Cow Parsley and Aquilegia. You are not wrong.
A froth of cow parsley in its own cream pot. 
Shades of purple bonnets from Aquilegia in the tiny cream pot sharing space with Cerinthe.
In a separate old syrup of fig bottle is stand alone Allium Purple Sensation. Too stylised a form to share space with the froth. 
In the fourth vessel, another old cream pot is a mix of blue starred Borage, Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing which is, most certainly, a refined form of cow parsley blessed with burgundy stems. 
There is yet more Cerinthe which is having a bumper bloom. There are candy floss pink sticks of Persicaria bisorta. The taller purple flowers are from Thalictrum Elin and the whiter froth is from Sweet cicely. 
If you look carefully, there is also the just about to open, lilac coloured sprig of Hebe hulkeana or New Zealand lilac. This is the first time it has flowered.
A complete contrast to my green and white effort Last week.
Please now take a look at Our host Cathy to see her vase and those from other bloggers all over the garden world.
Have a great week and thanks for reading. D.
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Ahhh, how lovely! All those frothy flowers are perfect for a May vase. Our cow parsley isn’t open yet, but I am looking forward to it. Love the allium with the shadow. 🙂
Thanks Cathy. Our lanes are all fluffy now, such a perfect sight
Love the late spring froth! Lovely combination
Thank you Christina it epitomises the hedgerows and my garden at this time of year.
What a lovely selection, Dorris – and the tall pot your cow parsley in is unusual. Is your thalictrum early this year I don’t think any of mine is above 6″ tall although none of them are well established yet. Such a good time of year for froth, whether foliage of flowers. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Cathy.
The Thalictrum is in its third year and is at about 1m tall. Not as tall as it should be but that is probably down to the dry. They are worth waiting for!
But it was flowering when you opened your garden so that’s a long flowering season surely?
Gosh was it? It is really early then! I need to look back at my notes.
Yes, unless it was a different variety…
Possibly
It was my memory Dorris, I was thinking of the sanguisorba…
Ah.
That makes sense.
Phew, glad you sorted that for me!
And me!
Delightful!
Cow Parsely is so pretty, I used to spray it with hairspray to stop it from dropping but I never have any in the house nowadays.
Cerinthe is going bananas in my garden too – so tall, so lush, such a good deep colour.
Cerinthe is a 10 out of 10 isn’t it.
Hairspray on cow parsley , that’s s new on me!
So very pretty. Wish we had wildflowers like that here. I really like the Cerinthe. I’ve never seen it in our nurseries, but I may try to grow some seeds next spring.
Hello Cindy. The cerinthe is easy, I grew mine from seed and it has self sown this year, my kind of plant!
I’ve been reading that, but I’ve never seen the seeds here, so I guess I’ll have to buy them online for next spring.
Start a new trend your side.
Your vases are exuberant. I like that combination of Aquilegia and Cerinthe–great colors. The containers are perfect too.
Ah thanks. Those containers have all been picked up from second hand stalls
Gorgeous. Lovely froth and bonnets, your vases really shout out May. I grow Hebe hulkeana too, it is fabulous, you don’t see it very often.
Well, I love it and finally get the English Cow Parsley thing…looks like our Queen Anne’s Lace native wildflower. Love the architectural Allium on its own. Beautiful photos.
Thank you! I shall now look up Queen Anne’s lace to compare.
Laughing,there is a lot of talk about Cow Parsley, I thought it was some sort of herb.Queen Anne’s Lace looks like Ammi,which I have never seen in the US
Your Queen Anne’s lace / Daucus carota is more refined, a neater shape, I shall have to grow some, it’s lovely
It is? I may need some Cow Parsley😀
I didn’t know immediately, because I don’t know what cow parsley is!
Those are actually several flowers that I am not familiar with.
There’s a lot in there!