Well it's not quite summer yet despite the Summer mug from my collection of 'Flower Fairies' mugs. That little fairy would be clinging on to that rose for stem for dear life if she was out there today and perhaps wishing that she had a coat and shoes to prevent damage to her feet from the thorns. It is cool, breezy and the day so far has been interspersed with several showers one of which was quite vigorous. I was going to use a bone china cup for today's flowers but thought that it might not withstand the elements so out came this more substantial mug. In my vase this Monday are :
- Stems of rosa 'Blush Noisette' - planted as a bare root rose in 2009, this is a relatively short growing climbing rose which produces clusters of deliciously scented small flowers. Sadly it has received some damage in the last week as a result of some drastic tree surgery taking place in close proximity but nothing that it won't recover from. It usually has a repeat show later in the year.
- Some orlaya grandilfora flowers - this is a delicate lacy flowered hardy annual which has the bonus of attractive ferny foilage too. Seeds were sown in September and the young plants were sheltered in a mainly unheated greenhouse overwinter before being hardened off. I have sown another batch at the beginning of May hopefully for more flowers in late summer/early autumn.
- Finally a couple of sprigs from the deciduous shrub physocarpus opulifolius - I'm really not sure which one although probably 'Diablo'.
As always thanks for Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' for enabling us to get together each and every Monday for some floral fun and frolics.
A pretty arrangement Anna, the Orlaya are nicely pared with the roses.
ReplyDeleteI love the Summer mug! Today is the unofficial start of summer in the US so its use seem right on point to me ;) The pale pink roses are lovely. I've got Orlaya in bloom in my garden too, one of the infrequent occasions in which we have the same thing going at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYes, the way they have shown this fairy on the mug really does make it look as if she is hanging onto that rose for dear life - I am sure the original picture doesn't have the grass and that sky (but I haven't checked)... 😉 The orlaya works so well with the Blush Noisette and I am pleased to say I have some this year too and had forgotten how pretty it is..really should do better at remembering second sowings of some annuals though...
ReplyDeleteLove the fairy mug and mix of beautiful flowers....I am always quite overjoyed to visit your garden.
ReplyDeleteYes, another comment from me. Isn't it strange how 'planty' things lodge in our brains? Today I had some gardening club friends visit for tea and cake and garden, for fundraising, and someone brought a sprig of physocarpus opulifolius for identification. I knew I had seen it in your post but had not specifically noted it in my first comment. It looks a very handsome shrub, and I shall try some cuttings from the piece she brought, I managed to identify it and have sent her various details about the shrub.
ReplyDeleteThat is very pretty Anna. And as it is practically summer, despite the weather, the jug is just right. Love the addition of Physocarpus, a shrub I have only recently discovered and adore.
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