Tags
Allium Purple Sensation, amandes ameres, Anthriscus sylvestris ravenswing, apothecary bottle, Aquilegia vulgaris, Astrantia 'Roma', Bistort officinalis, bitter almond, Geum "Mrs Bradshaw", in a vase on Monday, Meadow rue, Myrrhis odorata, Persicaria bistort, Sweet cicely, Thalictrum Elin
Early Summer blooms
Oh my it is Monday and I very nearly missed joining Cathy at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com
Cathy’s meme to collect flowers from the garden to display in the house is a delight. If you feel you might like to join in then be sure to post a link to her blog with your pictures.
flowers in an old apothcary jar
The dark astrantia is ‘Roma’ with ‘Black barlow’ aquilegia. There is one Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ mixed amongst Geum ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ and Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’ Ravenswing is a must have in the garden for me as its foliage is dark browny black and deeply divided with umbels of frothy cow parsley like flowers. It is beginning to seed around and I am delighted.
Anthriscus Ravenswing
The other umbelifiyer I am enjoying at the moment is Myrrhis odorata or Sweet Cicely. Also resembling Cow Parsley, Cicely has fern like leaves and white flowers scented rather like aniseed.
Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing with backgound colour of astrantia Roma and Sparaxis elegans
There are pink fingers of Bisorta officinalis, rather like a persicaria and often referred to as Persicaria bisorta, this is an early flowering persicaria type in marshmallow pink. There is also a sprig of Thalictrum Elin. This is the sprig of tiny dark purple bobbles in the first picture. The bobbles will and are about to open to a colour not unlike the Purple Sensation, and have leaves like an aquilegia.
A snap shot of the flowers in my garden
One final note the jar was for bitter almonds which I understand are the non cyanide containing almonds used for flavouring foods. That’s good then.
Have a good week.
ps. I garden on heavy clay soil which is water logged in areas over Winter ( for those who are interested in such things, like me!)
