We breakfast in the conservatory and usually on the central lazy Susan I have a little collection of finds. Having arranged this little posy of fresh flowers it was moved temporarily there.
A few dwarf dianthus, Chamomile: Chamamelum nobile 'Flore Pleno', some lemon thyme flowers, and wild marjoram, as well seed heads from Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue.
As soon as breakfast was over, the little posy was moved to the kitchen windowsill, as the heat and sun would desiccate the flowers before evening, when it is cool enough in there for us to have dinner. On very hot days we step back to eat in the dinning room, or eat out in the garden.
Already there were some seedheads from the Clematis Alpina 'Blue Dancer'. When I first picked them they had a smooth and shiny tails to the seeds, now several weeks later, all water gone and fully ripened the tails are now feathery. I picked them as I wanted the young plant to focus on growth rather than on seed production. I've kept them just it for their sheer beauty.
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Feather tails on seeds of clematis flower |
Behind it in the other vase are a few stems of Persicaria Red Dragon. After I had picked these for a vase a few weeks ago, I also cut down the large plant. It usually bounces back nicely, but with the ground bone dry, I cannot yet see any signs of life. It rained at last yesterday but nothing like the amount falling in other parts of the country. The Persicaria is slowly growing roots and this is my insurance should the large plant fail on account of the drought. Regular readers will appreciate just how often I use this, and of course it has great sentimental meaning for me, since the original plant was given to me by Cathy our beloved anchor woman for In a Vase on Monday. Do go over to Cathy's post, where I and several other gardeners show flowers from their garden.