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.
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! 😃🤗
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Beautiful warming mix for a chilly day, Cathy! Love the blanket flower. I’ve always had a dream to see them wild. How very sad about Dorris – I shall look out for Tangerine Dream and remember her.
Thanks Cathy. I have seen that Geum on offer online as plants, but they are always sold out when I find them! And seed doesn’t seem available here yet. I shall keep my eye on Chiltern Seeds website though as they appear to finally be delivering outside the UK. Not sure if that includes Germany.
I love that first photo (not just for the bumblebee), your colours are so cheery. It does tempt me to have Geum! I am in Day 5 too, https://afrenchgarden.wordpress.com/.
There are some beautiful geums available, but I am glad I grew this one as it is just so easy to please. 😃
Thoughtful and kind of you to mention Dorris. Hope you find Tangerine Dream. I am not very familiar with geum though it is sold around here. Your rich red one is vibrant.
Thank you Susie. There are several different geums available here, mostly the sort that like shade and damp though, which does not fit what I can offer!
Loving these warm colors today, Cathy! Geum was one of the plants I saw here that inspired my purchase of two last spring. 🙂 Have a lovely Sunday!
I wonder which ones you have Eliza? Is one of them Mai Tai?
Yes, that and Totally Tangerine. 🙂
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Very warm post, I have warm memories of Dorris as well. Always wish I could grow Geum, so pretty. Here is my hot post! http://theshrubqueen.com/2021/12/05/a-week-in-flowers-day-five-heliconias/
Yes, your colours were warming today too. Just what I need as it has been only just above freezing point here all day! 🤗
Brrrr
I love Geums! I have several and Red Wings was a new one this year. I wonder if ‘Totally Tangerine’ might be the same as Tangerine Dream? I even have a Geum flowering at the moment – ‘Bell Bank’ – goodness knows what time of year it thinks it is!
Today I am showing a common flower here in Cornwall, this one is still looking good:
Hi Jude. Well, when googling it looks like Totally Tangerine and Tangerine Dream could be the same thing! I also looked up Bell Bank. What a pretty one, but not one I could grow here I think… too dry in my garden. I also have Mai Tai and Gold Ball.
Love these colours today, perfect for a very cold, drab day (which is what we’ve got here). I wouldn’t mind adding a Tangerine Dream, it’s a great colour. Love the Blanket flower too. But I’m joining in today with old-fashioned cottage garden nostalgia from June:
It was drab here too Sel. We had about five minutes of sunshine all day! So glad you have joined in. Will be over to visit in a minute! 😉
Lovely flowers!
Here is mine:
Thanks Aletta! Fiery colours to warm me up! 😉
Great! 😊
The red flowers look particularly appealing at this time of year! I’ve planted several Geum but have yet to get more than 2 flowers total – I haven’t pulled the plants though as I still have hope they’ll bloom with more gusto one year.
That is a shame Kris. Perhaps they just need another year to get established? My plants have got bigger and stronger over the past couple of years.
Such glorious rich reds Cathy. Love the sunflower. Good luck with tracking that geum down. Plants that remind you of certain special people are most special. My flowers for today are here : https://greentapestry.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-week-of-flowers-2021-day-5.html
Thanks Anna. I associate a lot of flowers and plants I grow with people or places! 😉 I always think of you, for example, when I see my Geranium phaeum coming into flower! 😃
I’m so sorry to read of the loss of your blogging friend. That must have been a terrible shock, and at the end of a year with so much loss and sorrow.
I’ve not heard of geum before. I’m learning so much this week, Cathy. Your first photo is a stunner.
Thanks Alys. If you want to see more photos of geums here is a nice page I found at the weekend. 😃 https://www.homestratosphere.com/types-of-geum-flowers/
Thanks for the link, Cathy. I checked and they grow in our zone. I’m not sure why I’ve never spotted them in our nurseries, but I will look this spring. I’m amazed at the varieties, too.