With only a whisper of a frost on Saturday night, it was a delight to comb the garden on Sunday, and cut flowers in sunshine. The acer in the corner with autumn colours testify to the season
Photo in the conservatory with small clock with date just so that I can say 'I can't believe it is not November' but yet it is nearly mid November and bumble bees were on the wing visiting flowers today. A friend posted a link to Michael McIntyre's sketch on this which made me laugh! He didn't mention in that my garden still had loads of flowers and there were bumblebees and butterflies still on the wing.
One flower that has yet to feature or get mentioned on the blog is Nemesia Fruticans Pink Bicolour Imp. which has been a star in the garden, since I planted it mid summer. It is very small and was planted just on the edge of the circle. I picked it up from one of the plant sellers on a visit to the local mid week market in Wells.
List of material:
Nemesia Fruticans Pink Bicolour Imp, with its small snapdragon like flowers
| Corydalis ochroleuca aka Pseudofumaria alba, with lovely brightgreen leaves and white blooms Fuchsia microphyilla 'Silver Linings', the tiniest of fuchsias in my garden. Astrantia Major 'Sunningdale Variegated' Can't believe this is still flowering Fuchsia Hawkshead Growing a little too big, and requiring a severe pruning in the spring Centaurea Montana Alba, the last bloom of the year Persicaria Red Dragon, as always specially for Cathy Verbena rigida, with tiny purple flowers Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver', seems to have a flower throughout, and lovely bright variegated leaves Lophomyrtus ralphii Little Star, I must try to propagate this next year. Erigeron karvinskianus: a pretty little daisy perennial but doesn't seem to self seed...but have propagated from cuttings. As all of these plants were doing so well and I had picked some material, I could not decide what not to use. As a mark of the type of late season performers, and the warm but wet autumn we have had in 2019, they are all included.  |
What a wonderful selection Noelle - and I am full of admiration for all the colour in your garden, as shown in that first photo. Is your nemesia meant to be treated as an annual, or do you hope to keep it from year to year? I had read that some nemesia can be overwintered - mine have been quite floriferous for a number of months and are very no very bushy with just a handful of flowers, so I think I shall take them out soon (they are in pots). I am amazed that your centaurea has flowers still - does it keep having more flushes?
ReplyDeleteIlooked up the nemesia and it is one of the new types, it looks as if it could overwinter...but I think like you best somewhere a little more protected. The Centaurea just had one of the shoots left in flower. They have about three flushes a year. I think you had a piece of this from me when you visited, as maybe I posted it to you. You have to cut them right down almost to ground level each time.
DeleteWow! What a fantastic selection and number of flowers in such a tiny vase! And they all have their place and we can see them so well. Delightful - all of it! Amanda https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/six-years-of-in-a-vase-on-monday-wotcher-shortie/#comment-43418
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda, not so much 'my cup runneth over' as 'my vase runneth over'.
DeleteThat is so very pretty - what a wide selection of flowers you still have! I really like the pink Astrantia. :)
ReplyDeleteWow your garden is still going strong! I can hardly believe it, and here we are getting our first big snowstorm! Your arrangement looks so light and airy, like a beautiful spring day. :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a bountiful itsy-bitsy arrangement, Noelle. As always, the Astrantia make me sigh as growing it here seems a hopeless quest. I love Nemesia too. They will hang on here (our summers being the biggest challenge) but they're best treated as cool-season annuals in my climate. I'm sure some will land in my garden - if our daytime temperatures ever drop.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to be able to pick such a variety of flowers in November - it's a delightful posy, Noelle. Happy autumn days...and yes, bees on the wing here too, lots of carpenter bees still :)
ReplyDeleteGood to hear that bees are finding places to top up in your garden still. That verbena is exactly the colour I love, bit similar to ipomoea 'Grandpa Ott' with that slightly red eye.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely garden Noelle, and your flower arrangement and vase is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and amazing for November. I don't think I have ever seen any Nemesia,I like it.
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous Noelle. Wonderful to enjoy flowers and bees and butterflies still.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely combination, Noelle. There is simply no equal to flowers picked in one's own garden. I love the pink stamens on the Astrantia and the tiny Fuchsia is so charming!
ReplyDeleteOh such riches and colour still at this time of year Noelle - what a fabulous vase. I like the nemesia and think that Cathy had a nemesia in her vase too. Must try to remember to get some next year. I had to chuckle at your comment about the erigeron not self seeding with you as here little seedlings pop up absolutely everywhere.
ReplyDeleteSo many beauties.
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