A quick pick and plonk from me this week after waiting for the raindrops that have saturated the garden to evaporate and before any more might fall. The pickings are :
- A trio of roses - 'Desdemona', 'New Dawn' and 'Luisa's Daughter'. 'Desdemona' is new to me this year, bought after seeing it on a display at an RHS show and also seeing it and smelling it at close quarters growing in a friend's garden. The buds are the most softest of pinks before maturing to white and it is apparently repeat flowering. Apart from it's appearance the name called out to me as 'Desdemona' was a childhood nickname for me coined by my father along with 'Gertie'. Names which infuriated me at the time but now fond memories. The pink 'New Dawn' is an old stalwart and was probably the first rose we planted in this garden. It has been threatened with beheading a good few times but has always escaped and so far is having a good year. She continues to flower on and off for a good few months. Sadly her scent is light. The last rose is the creamy' Luisa's Daughter' which my sister had named and gave to me as a birthday present not long after my mother died. She starts to flower in May, her flowers change colour several times- pink tinges, cream, pale yellow before ending up white. Her scent is lemony.
- Some astrantia flowers - variety long forgotten.
- Some geranium pratense' Mrs Kendall Clarke' - the flowers of which are a softer colour to the eye or well to my eyes anyway than my photo suggests. She is rather floppy so needs support and is due for relocation in the future as she is obscuring another occupant of the border.
Hopefully it should be warmer and drier tomorrow and might offer an opportunity to get on with a myriad of jobs that should have really been done yesterday or the day before or even the week before. Are you up to date with all that you want to do?
Thanks to the ever perennial Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' for hosting all our Monday vases. It is much appreciated 💐
Warmer would be nice. The trouble is that the showery stuff that we have neem having isn't really doing much good to the plants.
ReplyDeleteWould that you could send us your excess rain, Anna ;) Your arrangement is charming and well-suited to its vase. I love the soft colors, and the roses of course. Once again, I've had very few rose blooms this year, something I blame on the very low rainfall we've had for 2 years running..
ReplyDeleteIt's intriguing seeing roses in a vase like this, as it makes me notice their features - I tend not to notice my New Dawn very much as it was a rose my sister gave to me, not one I had chosen, and forget that it is quite pretty. And what a lovely shape Desdemona is - mine is new from late last season and hadn't flowered yet - and of course Luisa's daughter is unique! It's also good to see some stalwarts lending their support, again easily forgotten abput when vases are concerned
ReplyDeleteWish I could smell that bunch! Love the little pops of blue/purple geranium in there too - pretty (and it doesn't look 'plonked' at all ;))
ReplyDeleteAgain I adore your choices this week. All such beauties in the garden and in the vase. Especially the scent of the roses...must be amazing.
ReplyDeleteYour roses look lovely in this porcelain jug with its own roses on it. Love the names too. I also have Mrs K C and love the pale flowers… it got a stake this year after I noticed it flopping last year! Have a lovely week Anna.
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