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Alchemilla mollis, Ammi majus, Digitalis purpurea, in a vase on Monday, Nepeta, penstemon garnet, poppy seed heads, rose a shropshire lad, Verbena bonariensis
The day got away from me yesterday and I did not get chance to prepare a vase until last thing. Here it is:
Outside on the table in the summerhouse is my vase full of Alchemilla, Ammi, Nepeta, Digitalis, Penstemon, Rose a Shropshire Lad, a spike of Verbena bonariensis and a couple of poppy seed heads for good measure.
‘Summer house’ sounds a bit la-di-dah. Apologies. It is summer but it’s not a house as it has no windows or doors but it is a shelter and with this weather we are out there all the time.
Cathy is our host for this lovely meme. Take a look at her blog to see some other pretty vases full of flowers. Such a nice thing to look at.
Have a good week wherever you are and thanks for reading. D.
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Gorgeous, love the vase too.
Lovely and summery. A Shropshire Lad is gorgeous.
Thank you Chloris. I suspect you find all roses gorgeous! But thank you and I couldn’t agree more
Beautiful.
Thank you
Ooh, what a great summer vase! It‘s a gorgeous rose at centre and I do like the additiom of some poppy seedheads. 😃
Such a delightfully frothy summer vase, Dorris, and what an unusual shade the Lad is. I am growing only A visnaga this year but it is very slow at doing anything and looks a long way from flowering – perhaps I should revert to A majus as yours looks lovely. Thanks for sharing, whatever day of the week it is
Better late than never. My Ammi visnaga is only just flowering
There’s no height to mine though – they are just ‘flat’, the only thing in the cutting beds that looks to be struggling 😦
Yours looks springy too. So many spring flowers continue to bloom.
Maybe. Only thing is that roses are really early summer to flower here. May June is when all the summer flowers appear. Is that still spring?
Yes, technically, it only became summer recently. Our roses finished a long time ago, took a significant break, and are only now starting with their next phase. In the Santa Clara Valley, they did not take so much time off. They bloomed sporadically after the initial phase, with a few good phased through summer.
Such a different gardening year you have
I thought yours is different.
You say tomato…
No, I say ‘tomato’.
Exactly
Very pretty! I love the colour of the rose and the addition of the gray-green poppy heads especially.
Thanks Eliza. The poppy heads are a nice contrast aren’t they and they last for ages.
I often dry a vaseful of them to keep over winter – very attractive.
Love the poppies and A Shropshire Lad…I have a friend with the last name Shropshire. I always enjoy the Ammi, never see it in the US, or I haven’t.
Thanks. Sounds like your friend should have a David Austin rose of the same name.
I think so..