IAVOM ~ Still Spring?

It seems that we have rushed from the unseasonal cool and wet May of a couple of weeks ago headlong into summer, although I refuse to believe that summer really starts until the solstice which this year is still a fortnight off. In my vase this week are the following :

• A single rose stem of rosa 'Lady Emma Hamilton'. This was new to me last year and I'm most taken by both her foliage and her most delicious scent. I should have either moved her whilst she was dormant or the plants around her as I think she needs more air circulating around her. I must try to remember to do this later this year before she gets much bigger. 
• Some of the annual orlaya grandilora which I sowed in the greenhouse in the first week of September last year and which subsequently overwintered under cover in the greenhouse. I didn't pot them up until the start of March and then introduced them to the outer world before planting them.
• A couple of stems of allium 'Purple Sensation'. These appeared in a pot and I don't remember planting them last autumn. I'm wondering whether I planted them too late in the day in 2019 before because they certainly didn't show their faces in the spring of 2020. The heads are not as full and spectacular as the same variety planted in the garden so I didn't feel too guilty about beheading a couple of them although I had to wait for a couple of loitering bees to depart the scene before I did the deed.
• Some unopened stems of sweet william. I've forgotten what variety these are in my long wait for flowers. I was expecting them to flower last summer but they didn't and in the meantime I've realised that there is going to be a quite unsightly colour clash when they finally do as there is a yellow flowering anthemis behind the plant these were cut from! Oh well it will be one year only nightmare.
• Finally some flowers of the biennial or short-lived perennial hesperis or sweet rocket. I sowed seeds of both the white and lilac flowering in June or July last year. Their scent is heavenly especially as the day draws to a close.

The vase was bought almost four years ago when out in Liverpool for the day with my niece who had recently obtained her degree from Manchester University with flying colours. Tempus fugit and all that. She and her partner are still in Manchester but I have a feeling that they will move on when life settles down. Although we have not been able to see much of her recently I shall miss her when she departs.

Thanks to Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' who so generously hosts 'In A Vase On Monday' each week and enables us to share our vases little and large whatever the season is.