It never ceases to surprise me just how quickly another Monday arrives and time to share our vases again in 'On A Vase On Monday'. What also still surprises me is that is often breezy on Mondays as it is today. I'm always on tenterhooks in case my vase topples and falls off the wall into the stream below. The breeze though is welcome after a hot and particularly yesterday an unpleasantly muggy day. Today is much fresher and the air so much more pleasant.
In my vase today are :
- Rosa 'Summer Song'- a new to me rose purchased from David Austin last year along with 'Lady Emma Hamilton' who was in last week's vase. As their website says she has "vibrant blooms of a red -orange colour" which was what attracted me to her when I first saw her in a vase of flowers at a flower show. I had to rush over on first sight to make a note of her name. She is pleasantly scented and seems floriferous but on the minus side I'm finding her stems to be on the floppy side and she is also suffering from black spot. The jury is still out.
- Some wifty-waftiness in the shape of some stems of briza maxima which has gently self seeded in a couple of places in the garden. I was pleased to see it as it seems to be a hit and miss occurrence whether it appears each year. I used to be able to pick abundant stems from outside the community hut at the allotment where it grew in profusion but I have closed the allotment gate firmly behind me now. No regrets at all although I do miss the access to cutting certain flowers that grew there.
- A couple of stems of a favourite hardy geranium namely geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendal Clarke'. She is now growing in a different spot to where she previously lived in the garden and is much taller than my first experience of her and has need staking this time.
- Some stems of the blue flowering anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker' which were started off with some bottom heat in the greenhouse back in early March and were transplanted to one of the new raised beds sometime in April. I love them!
- Finally some what the label in the pot they are growing in informs me that they are 'Allium Lilac Beauty'. I'm not sure whether I've written the correct name on the label so must check the bulb orders I placed last autumn. I'm mystified how they have acquired the name as lilac they are most definitely not. However if you look closely at the flowers there are little lilac spots on the flowers. They are gently scented.
A big shout out as always to our lovely hostess Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden', who so steadfastly steers the good ship which enables us to share and enjoy vases on Mondays.
Perhaps I should expect an 'Aye Aye Captain!' from participants in future, Anna... ��. Intersting to fead about your experience with Summer Song as I was on the point of buying it a few years back until Ali the Mindful Gardener did a big post on her roses and told us about the lankinee of the stems - such a shame, as the colour is so pretty and different from any others. I love Briza maxima but not its wilfulness and I daresay the Goldfer has weeded out many seedling from the paths on his travails around the garden and being able to pick it from the communal area of your allotment sounded a good plan, alas now out of your reach. And of course I love the anemones which one of these days I will grow successfully - their colour works well with the rose, aided and abetted by the 'liac' allium. Thanks for sharing your vase and not allowing it to fall into the stream
ReplyDeleteI wish that I had noted Ali's pertinent comment on 'Summer Song' too Cathy as she certainly knew her roses. It's a lovely flower but very large which probably doesn't help. It may well be departing. Yes a shame about the convenient briza on offer at the allotment but so far it hasn't become a pest. The vase was on strict orders to stay most still!
DeleteAnother lovely rose Anna! I like Mrs Kendal Clarke and have a new one in my Moon Bed. The upright growth is refreshing but I imagine she will need staking in her second year here too. Pretty Allium, whatever the name. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy. Mrs 'Kendall Clarke' is most fetching although a rather tall lady. I'm trying to take to the allium but it looks as if it is need of a certain washing powder to bring out the white.
DeleteThere is nothing quite like growing a rose oneself in our local garden conditions to truely test out a plant. The colour is worth it, and the thought of you scrambling down the bank to retrieve your vase brings on the word 'hazardous'. Enjoy your week.
ReplyDeleteI would have sent himself over the other side of the stream and then watch him wade him wade in to retrieve it Noelle 😂 Too much of an extreme sport for me to contemplate.
DeleteSo pretty! Having rose, anemone and geranium flowers all at the same time absolutely astonishes me, Anna. While roses can stand our dry heat, anemones and geraniums have already gone into hiding to avoid our summer conditions.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris. I suppose I take the flowering of that particular trio for granted Kris. I can imagine that the anemones would be frazzled but would have thought that some geraniums might hang on. Have been reading about the present temperatures in California and don't envy you. Take care and keep cool.
DeleteA beautiful arrangement, Anna, which goes so well with the jug. Wishing you a good week and less hot than here...I'm already hiding in my study ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Annette. Oh dear that doesn't sound good - hope that you're out of hiding now!
DeleteI love the blue of those anemones.
ReplyDeleteMe too Sue 😄
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