IAVOM ~ 'Pinky But Not Perky'

Again with one eye on the weather today's vase was picked yesterday afternoon. Just as well as the skies opened yesterday afternoon and apart from the odd pause, it's raining again heavily now and is predicted to continue into the early hours of tomorrow morning.

In my vase this week are :

• Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll' - one of the most bright pink and beautifully scented roses you could wish to come across. Although my sense of smell is impaired I've no problems appreciating 'Gertie's' aroma. These blooms are from a second flush of flowers and there are still a few in bud.
• Anemone huphensis splendens -  a late flowering perennial. I've never picked anemone flowers before so am wondering how long their vase life is. Does anybody know?
• A chive flower which you may be able to make out just lurking behind one of the roses. There are two chive flowers in there but I'm not sure where the second is hiding. As I was picking the flowers a bee landed on one of them and was most reluctant to leave.
• Some flowers from begonia grandis subsp. evansiana - a bit of a mouthful for a late flowering rather lovely tuberous perennial. It is always late to show and I always think that it has not come through the winter. I have a pink flowering version to but prefer the white.
• Finally a few whispy showings from erigeron karvinskianus - this must be the longest flowering perennial in my garden, flowering from early spring right through to November. It's the cause of some disharmony with himself declaring it as a pernicious weed. It does seed about prolifically but I've no problems with that.

The vase is a new addition to the vase family and is a preloved Caithness rose bowl, bought via Etsy. My post title was inspired by memories of a childhood television programme 'Pinky and Perky', which featured two little piggy puppets. The vase and some of the contents were on picking most definitely pink but one of the roses was definitely not perky. It was overblown and annoyingly dropped petals as I arranged the flowers so needed something strategic covering it to hide the gaps.

A big thank you to Cathy over 'Rambling In The Garden' who is the steadfast custodian of this weekly get - together of vases. Do have a look at other vases from near and far. After today's deluge the rest of the week promises to be dry so I'm looking forward to catching up with a few gardening tasks.