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Anthriscus sylvestris ravenswing, Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata ‘Greenapples’, Aquilegias, Californian poppy, cerinthe, Erigeron, Eschscholzia, Geum "Mrs Bradshaw", Geum Totally Tangerine, in a vase on Monday, London Pride, persicaria bistorta, riot of colour, Saxifraga x urbium, Thalictrum Black stockings
Aquilegias are all over the garden in shades of purples and burgundy. A cheery marking of early summer. This is Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata ‘Greenapples’ Her bonnet is much more considered. Significantly bigger, a warm apple tone to its white. Long elegant spurs out the back of the bonnet.
Saxifraga x urbium
Sometimes the smallest things just do it. The tiny flowers of London pride are exquisitely marked. Flicks of pink dots adorn the tiny petals. The stems are a shade of pinky brown. Common as, but a beauty nonetheless.
Then there are the others. A riot of colours. A rainbow of blues and purples, pinks and red, juicy oranges.
There are Aquilegia, Thalictrum, Persicaria bistorta, Anthriscus Ravenswing, Cerinthe, Geum Mrs Bradshaw, she’s the red one and Eschscholzia the orange Californian poppy.
A dazzle of colour so perhaps you can see why I separated out the small but beautiful ones first. They’d be lost in that lot.
In the sunlight I feel I need my sunglasses on looking at this bunch.
Joining Cathy and bloggers from around the globe. Pick some of your home grown flowers, place in a vessel of any sort and tell us all about it. Share with us and link to Cathy using the link above. Simple fun.
Have a great week wherever you are, thanks for reading. D.
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The Aquilegia is great in this case and I love that Saxifrage – I always thought they were low growers.
The leaves of the Saxifraga are low growing but the flowers reach out above them by a good 15 cm
I love all the colors in your vase this week, but am drawn back to your ‘Greenapples’. Very lovely.
Thank you. I am enjoying them all but greenapples is a favourite at the moment
Yes, wise to look at the more delicate ones first – but I am puzzled by your Green Apples as this is the first aquilegia I grew from seed and mine don’t look like yours at all – they are quite frilly. Must look on t’internet and see if I have remembered wrongly. I haven’t got any London Pride but remember it fondly when it contributed to the only decent art exam mark that I got, having made a scale model of my bedroom, complete with teeny tiny vase… sigh, I loved that project…! Your main vase is indeed a riot of colour – any idea of the variety of your Californian poppy? I keep trying to get a bright orange one to establish here, but rarely get them to flowering stage, let alone self seed… Thanks for sharing, Doris
Much as I love a riot of color, I appreciate the delicacy and simplicity of the Aguilegia and Saxifraga. The former struggles to survive more than a year in my garden (I think our early heatwaves have already incinerated the plant that was trying to make a comeback in early spring) and Saxifraga of all kinds is unfortunately a no-go here.
I love these, especially the earlier ones when you can see the tracery of the stems and flowers.
Oh, I so like the first few in white, but the California poppy is so rad too.
Thanks Tony
There is no need to thank me; it is the poppy!
Perfect little vases – I am enchanted by Greenapples. I had HPS seed ‘from Greenapples’, and my results look nothing as darling as the real thing! The London pride looks almost Japanese with the stems that continually change direction.
Thank you. I use London pride for ground cover but more recently I’ve noticed the tiny flowers and love their markings and movement.
Dazzling. 😃 Good idea to give the London Pride a vase of its owwn. It is new to me and certainly does have very striking flowers.
Thanks so much Cathy