A Week of Flowers 2021, Day Six

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It is Day Six of my Week of Flowers and I am soaking up all the colour my blogging friends are sharing! Tomorrow will be the final day of this meme. So if you haven’t joined in yet, please do! Just post a photo of a flower (or two) and leave a link below. 😃

The Moon Bed, August

Today the focus is on shapes. Two seedheads of the Allium ‘Everest’ were still standing in the Moon Bed (above) in August, amongst white Gaura, Cosmos and Nicotiana. The purple Alliums (below) didn’t last as long after flowering, but were perhaps more dramatic and visible while in flower.

Allium Purple Rain
Allium Purple Sensation
Verbena bonariensis
Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’
Lathyrus latifolius ‘Rote Perle’

Verbena has spread all over the garden now, and I really love the shape and height it adds. I leave it standing until it collapses in the frost or snow.. Then there is the Echinops ‘Veitch’s Blue’. It isn’t really blue, but near enough. Love those spiky flower heads. 😉 I tried perennial sweet peas on the obelisks this year, and they did really well, climbing almost to the top of the tallest one. Certainly pretty flowers, but I love the long tendrils and seedpods too. 💕

Thanks to all those who have joined in again today, and to all my other readers too. 🤗

A Week of Flowers 2021, Day Five

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Time is flying by and we are on Day Five of my Week of Flowers. Please do join in if you would like to, and post a flowery photo or two (adding your link in the comments below) for the last few days of my now annual meme, intended to brighten up the drab winter days in the northern hemisphere. If you have missed the last four days, the links are in the sidebar. Enjoy!

Geum chiloense ‘Blazing Sunset’

I am in need of some warm colours today, so am sharing deep orange and red.

Geum
Geum
Helianthus ‘Earth Walker’
Gaillardia ‘Burgunder’

The Geum ‘Blazing Sunset’ is now in several spots in the garden. I grew a few plants from seed a few years ago and they have proved to be very resilient to whatever extremes of weather we get! One day, if I ever track one down, I would like the famous ‘Tangerine Dream’ Geum, which I first saw on the blog of our dear blogging friend Dorris, who took part in this meme last year. She very sadly passed away suddenly a week later. We never met, but she was a great inspiration to me, and a great gardener. 💕

The sunflower above is most probably Earth Walker and was a beauty. (Next year I will label the sunflowers!) The last photo is a Blanket Flower grown for the first time this summer. Sweet memories.

Wishing you all a warm cosy Advent Sunday and many thanks again for reading and/or joining in. This is doing me the world of good! 😃🤗

A Week of Flowers 2021, Day Four

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It is already Day Four of my Week of Flowers where I invite you to join me in posting a flowery photo or two every day, through to 7th December. This time of year we in the northern hemisphere crave colour and light. What better way than to sift through photos of the past year and share them. Please join me if you can, and leave a link in the comments below. 😃

Lychnis coronaria, ‘Angel’s Blush’

I sowed these Lychnis in 2020 and this summer they flowered for the first time. They are very pretty and rather unusual, with their two-tone flowers. I must admit, however, that I prefer the deep pink ones. In fact, I do seem to have an awful lot of pink in my garden…..

Echinacea ‘Pica bella’
Echinacea ‘Green Envy’
Cosmos Double Click ‘Rose Bonbon’
Nigella damascena ‘Miss Jekyll White’

Echinacea Green Envy was in its second year this summer and I am therefore optimistic it will survive long-term, unlike some of the more recent hybrids I have tried to grow. The Nigella was grown from seed and will no doubt pop up again this year, but I do always buy extra seed, as a year without any Nigella/Love-in-a-mist in the garden would be sad indeed!

Do you grow Nigella?

Thanks for reading and joining me today. Have a great weekend!

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Here are the links to the previous three days.

Day one: https://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/a-week-of-flowers-2021-day-one/

Day two: https://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/2021/12/02/a-week-of-flowers-2021-day-two/#comment-54380

Day three: https://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/2021/12/03/a-week-of-flowers-2021-day-three/#comment-54381

A Week of Flowers 2021, Day Three

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The past few mornings have been very dark and I am looking forward to seeing what my blogging friends will post today to link in to the third day of my Week of Flowers. 😃 A big thank you to you all. This is so positive and so enjoyable! But also a big thank you to all of you who are reading and liking these posts. 🤗

Sidalcea malviflora ‘Elsie Heugh’

If you are here for the first time, do take a look at Day One and Day Two, and click on the links in the comments to see even more colour and light. And why not join in – just post a photo of a flower (or a few flowers) one day or on each day through to December 7th and leave a link below in the comments.

Today I am focussing on pink and purple. The pretty Sidalcea above is absolutely exquisite. One of those flowers that lasts well and fades beautifully.

Achillea millefolium ‘Pomegranate’
Phlox paniculata ‘Blue Paradise’
Hellebore ‘Ice ‘n’ Roses Rose’
Campanula persicifolia

The Achillea is a gorgeous shade of pinky red and is a real highlight on the back of the Butterfly Bed. It flowered on and off all summer. The Phlox was a revelation… the first time I have successfully grown it! I was always convinced it would get mildew, but it didn’t and flowered for weeks. The Hellebore is the most amazing one I have ever grown. If you come across the Ice ‘n’ Roses collection I can recommend them. 😃 And the blue/purple Campanula is one my friend Elisabeth gave me years ago, or perhaps a seedling of the original, brought over from my old garden.

I hope you have a beautiful day. 🦋

A Week of Flowers 2021, Day Two

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Today is the second day of my Week of Flowers, where I am inviting you all to join in with me and post a bright and cheerful photo of a flower or two each day for a whole week.

So many have already contributed on Day One with beautiful reminders of what has flowered this year and what will be in the coming Spring. So if you haven’t joined in yet, please do, and leave a comment below to share. Let’s cheer up this dark time of year!

My garden has brought me so much pleasure this year, and I am sharing some of the sunshine colours today.

Heliopsis scabra ‘Sommersonne’
Californian Poppy
Helianthus
Itoh Peony ‘Shining Light’

I especially loved my sunflowers this year, which benefitted from warm and damp weather as opposed to the hot and dry springs and summers we have had in recent years. Here is a link to more photos of them in The ‘Edge.

Wishing you all a sunny day!

A Week of Flowers 2021, Day One

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Tulip ‘Whispering Dream’

So, today is the first day of my Week of Flowers 2021, where I invite you to join me in posting a photo of a flower or two a day, for a whole week, to brighten up these winter days. I would love to see your colourful contributions, so if you have a moment, do join in! And leave a link in the comments below so we can all see your post.

Tulips humilis ‘Little Beauty’

Today I am looking back at May – tulip season. No, I am actually looking forward to tulip season! LOL!

Tulip ‘Purple Dream’

Have a great day everyone. 😃

In a Vase on Monday: Hidden Gold

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At the end of November, with a light sprinkling of snow, the idea of creating a vase with items from my garden would, just a few years ago, have been far from my mind. But then Cathy at Rambling in the Garden came up with her Monday meme and so, here is my contribution for this week. 😃

At a first glance, these grasses and seedheads look rather drab. But when I turned the light on to get some better photos this afternoon, I found hidden gold. 😉

See what I mean?

 

By the way, the little elk is Elvin. He is packed away after Christmas every year with all the other decorations and it is a happy reunion when I open up my boxes of bits and pieces! And the doiley is one I crocheted a couple of years ago. 😃

Do visit Cathy to see what she has found on an icy Monday in November. And have a lovely week!

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