However on Friday, after the big birthday bash for the 125th Birthday Party of our Local Kenilworth Horticultural Society, someone had left bags of wild plums. Most of the weekend was taken up making preserves!
Here is my contribution, cut after the visit was over, and some of these blooms Cathy noticed on her trip down the garden. I cut one of each from the left hand side of the garden..but two of the graceful Lysimachia Clethroides, also known as Gooseneck Loosestrife
I did not think that I had that much in flower, but this proves that a snip here and a snip there and suddenly there are 13 different plant materials to choose from
Dahlia. Pink from a cutting bought at the gardening club
Lysimachia clethroides, Gooseneck Loosestrife
White Phlox Paniculata
Blue Agapanthus
Geranium Rozanne
Seed heads of Knautia Macedonia Thunder and Lightning
Anaphalis Margaritacea also known as Pearl Everlasting
Marjoram
Leaf and flower spike of Astilbe Chinensis Pumila
Achillea Millefolium Lilac Beauty
Sanguisorba burnet Tanna
Stachys Monieri Saharan Pink
Phuopsis Stylosa, which is coming into a second flower flush after a good chop back.
What a wonderful thing to have Cathy visit...oh and your vase is fabulous especially with the stunning Gooseneck Loosestrife.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful variety of blooms, you really found a good assortment. I'm not really much for Astilbe but that one is gorgeous and adds such height. I hadn't thought of using Tanna in a bouquet, it is a nice accent. The Gooseneck Lysimachia adds such nice explosions, too, like streaming fireworks.
ReplyDeleteI only have this astilbe and another much smaller one. This one is really worth having, and have moved it across several gardens. The seed heads are worth keeping for winter interest too. I have mine growing in full sun, in shade and quite dry too, so it is very versatile.
DeleteBeautiful vase of flowers. I've failed twice now as the weeks are getting away from me.
ReplyDeleteWe all need a rest, and have other things to do! However you did have time to look, and I hope you have enjoyed all the wonderful flowers.
DeleteYour snip here and snip there has produced a lovely combination, I especially like the Lysimachia, I used to grow it in England but it is too thirsty for here, although it might be nice in the cuttings bed, I like to have some perennials to depend on even if their period of producing flowers is usually shorter.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely collection. I really like the Phuopsis (which I've never heard of) - the flowers remind me of Pentas.
ReplyDeleteIts a great little herbaceous perennial plant, the green foliage has a very interesting structure, with whorls of small green leaves along the stems. It is fully hardy, and looks as if it will give a good flowering twice during the summer. It tolerates dry conditions too! I had not heard of Pentas, but have looked it up and can see what you mean from the flower heads. Of course, here we could only grow it during the summer.
DeleteOh - thanks for your kind comments Noelle - I am blushing to the very roots of my (very short) hair... ;) What a wonderful selection you have put in your vase and it is so very strange to have seen them only a few hours before they were plucked! I especially love the lysimachia but the achillea is gorgeous too and I need to look into that astilbe as I noticed some stunning varieties at a garden we went to recently, unlike any astilbes I had come across before. If you can cut a bloom from each of the plants on one side of your garden and come up with such a lovely vase it says something about your garden and your choice of plants!! Thanks so much for sharing the vase and your company and the lunch and Kenilworth castle beforehand :)
ReplyDeleteI got the longer entry, so will delete the other one. Your very short hair really suited you and it was beautifully cut, and I loved the turquoise streak. If there are any of the plants which you would like portions of, email or phone me, I am more than happy to share. Most of them will be moved and also restricted in their size to make room for other types next year.
Deletesuch an array of beautiful blooms - many of which are new to me. I also think the Gooseneck Loosestrife is quite stunning.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty vase. I love Phuopsis too, but it does have an unfortunate smell of fox. Have you noticed?
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to meet Cathy and the Golfer. They came here in June and it was great fun to spend time with them.
Yes I noticed the smell, but it is strongest when it is shooting up after being cut back. By the time it is flowering the smell passes, and there is non in the cut flower or the vase. I had not thought fox, but I shall get him inside to see what he things.
DeleteThe Vase was my Mum's, I took it for an Aunt after my Mum passed away, and when my Aunt passed away I was asked if I wanted anything, and I asked for the Vase back. When I got it from my Mum's house originally, I had really wanted to keep it for myself, but I was a good girl, and so it came back to me!!!!
DeleteOh that lysimachea is most attractive in both colour and shape Noelle and sits so well in your vase. Can it be grown from seed? I must investigate. I also had the pleasure of meeting Cathy and The Golfer last month which was most enjoyable :)
ReplyDeleteThe RHS site does say that it can be grown from seed. I am happy to allow some seed to ripen and share this autumn. Also I am happy to divide. I am going to the Malvern Autumn Show on the Sunday, so if you are going there, we could meet up, and I could bring you some.
DeleteOh thanks for the information and for your kind offer of a division Noelle. Sadly I will not make it to Malvern this autumn but the thought is much appreciated.
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