This Monday I am sure that Cathy has summoned many of us to join her...do go over and have a gander....
Early this morning, just as the sun was rising, I heard the birds a singing in the garden below me....
Yes there is a song about a maiden...my mother used to sing this...and as I went into the garden very early this morning, it was the white Iceberg rose which came to mind. My mother used this rose...
Then I started to look around and various other elements sung out, and the white rose had been deceived into thinking it would be the star!
The colours as viewed by the camera weren't quite right in the very early morning light, but I have neither the knowledge, the skill or the patience to meddle with the picture!
In the vase this morning: Weigela Florida Variegata still a small plant in the garden, Corydalis Purple Dragon, Lamium maculatum Beacon Silver, Rose Iceberg, Cerinthe, and vying to take the limelight is new to the garden Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii 'Chattahoochee' .
With its purple eye, and beautifully twisted and curled round purple in the in bud stage, I defy anyone not to have fallen for its charms! I just kept wanting it as I walked around Malvern. It was only when I got home and read about it that I found that it was' a fussy madame'.
The cerinthe with its glaucous leaves and nodding 'only slightly purple' heads goes well with Miss Chattahoochee. Each time I view this plant I feel a guilty pang, as I saved seeds and Alison has been growing the plants on beautifully...and as I found out when visiting the Cathedral in Salisbury, there were some magically purple ones in full flower. Whether it is the chalk soil there or whether it is my strain, my cerinthe are a very pale example! Later this morning I am off to collect a few weeks supply of honey, and will take the posy to Meg.
Lovely shades of pink and blues/purples, which are my favorite colors when it comes to flowers. A delightful vase of flowers!
ReplyDeleteYour vase beautifully shouts out "Spring"!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, and Spring is such a lovely time of the year for plants in the garden. I tend to favour those plants that peak now.
DeleteHow intriguing that your cerinthe are so pale - they sit nicely in the vase with their fellows though. I do hope your little madame turns out not to be as fussy as she could be - she's certainly very pretty
ReplyDeleteI think the moisture is going to be a challenge as we seem here to be bypassed by all the showers that are predicted. Not a drop for days so last night (Monday) I spent an hour watering plants that were flagging badly.
DeleteLove pink, blue and white - very springy! I grew up near the Chattahoochee River, suprised to see that Phlox in your vase.
ReplyDeleteOh phloxes were playing starring roles at one of great National Garden Shows...to tempt those gardeners with pounds to burn! Do phloxes grow near the Chattahoochee River I wonder?
DeleteI often pick one flower to "star," only to have it eclipsed by other additions. But flowers, even roses, are collegial by nature, aren't they? Blue flowers always get extra points in my book.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris...your make a great point there. I too love blue in the garden, but I am trying to add other colours ... to bring out the blues!
DeleteI love the pale shade of blue in that phlox - very pretty with pink weigela. Beautiful arrangement, Noelle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Eliza...it's more of a little example of what is best in the garden, tied into a little bunch with some rafia to take to my friend. A gentle way of spending time when I would have liked to have still been asleep!
DeleteIt is a beautiful colour phlox. So I hope it won't turn out to be fussy after all. The vase you chose brings out the blues nicely. :)
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