Welcome to Day 4 of my ‘Week of Flowers’ – my answer to brightening up the darkest days of the year here in the northern hemisphere. Why not join me? Just post a flower a day through to Tuesday December 6th. Yes, it’s that simple!
Today I am sharing some of my favourite flowers from my Moon Bed, planted in shades of blue, cream and white. First the Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’. Such a beautiful shape and colour…
The bees love this as much as I do! 😉🐝
Another true blue is the Camassia. Sadly they don’t last for very long. (This one is actually in the Butterfly Bed, where I have had a few for several years now).
Around the same time of year the Scabiosa ‘Perfect Blue’ begin to flower too.
I grew these from seed in our first spring here, and they have spread nicely.
Finally, Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ which is possibly the best Echinacea I have ever grown… strong growth, lots of long-lasting flowers and a bee magnet. 😃
Thank you for all the contributions and comments. This is so much fun! If you haven’t joined in yet there is still time… and remember to leave a link below so we can all find the flowers you are sharing!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
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Love the name of your moon bed. I try to grow flowers for the insects too.
Thanks Rosie!
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How beautiful that bed must be!
A Silly post for you today: https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/2022/12/03/a-week-of-flowers-silly-saturday/
Thanks Sandra! 🐝🦋🌺
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Inspiring. I’m off to consult the seed catalogues.
😉 Enjoy browsing!
I love all your blues and whites, Cathy. Espcially the first one, it’s a new to me flower. I’ve made a note to try and find some.
There are several different blue/purple Echinops available here, and silvery white ones too. This is the truest blue I have seen so far. Hope you find one. They are so pretty and the seedheads too. 😃
I’ll look online if I can’t find any at the garden centres.
Some beautiful bee magnets and gorgeous blues Cathy. I try to avoid plants with spiky foliage because of skin woes but could be tempted to make an exception for echinops. The echinacea is a star too – does it live up to it’s name as far as scent goes? It’s spring again for me today :
https://greentapestry.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-week-of-flowers-2022-day-4.html
That is the trouble, isn’t it. But I found the prickles were less dangerous once the plant had dried up and needed attention, otherwise I didn’t touch it. My extremely prickly Eryngium on the other hand was very difficult to cut down after severe scorching in our heatwave!
Oh, and the Echinacea doesn’t smell of anything really. A shame, but it wouldn’t stop me from planting it again! 😉
Your echinops is such a beautiful blue. Mine is a bit pale in comparison but I love it nevertheless as it reflowers so often. In fact it’s in flower now which is pretty amazing. I’ve noted the name of your echinacea as so many of them are a bit temperamental in my garden apart from the classical purple one. Looking forward to seeing more flowers this week on your blog. A lovely idea for this time of year.
Thanks Judith. My Echinops looked dead after the heatwave, but sent up new shoots and buds, but didn’t quite manage to flower before the cold got to it. The paler ones are pretty too. Yes, that Echinacea is a definite winner so far. Fingers crossed!
A beautiful weekend to you as well! Funny how your fragrant angel doesn’t have a scent, I guess it’s another one of those overly optimistic names which came out of a meeting rather than the mouth of a gardener 😉
Happy fourth day of your week, here’s my contribution for the day:https://katob427.com/2022/12/03/a-week-of-flowers-day-4/
Yes, I did try sniffing Fragrant Angel at various times of day when it was in full flower and it only smelled vaguely green!
Beautiful blues… I really love that Echinops! My post today: https://wp.me/p3O3z4-2Wu
Thank you Eliza. The blue flowers always please, don’t they. 😃
I like blue flowers very much and in fact G. Rozanne is still flowering! I have an unusual plant for you today, one from the antipodes.
Thanks Jude. My Rozanne is also still flowering, albeit a bit tattered now under a thin layer of snow! 👍
Brrr… it is cold here now, but fortunately no snow.
The Echinops blue is beautiful, I am going to try and grow two different ones next year. I have never tried them before. Amelia
Good luck Amelia. I really love this deep blue one. Some of them are paler and I have seen white ones too, but the deep blue is something special. 😃
It’s a blue flower day! Love yours and here are a few of mine…https://theshrubqueen.com/2022/12/03/a-week-of-flowers-day-four/
I never tire of blue flowers! 😃
I am loving the flowers in your “Moon Bed”!
Thank you! I am always looking for more blue flowers!
I adore blue flowers and, inspired in part by your photo earlier in the year, planted 3 Echinops ritro this fall. Fingers crossed the plants survive and prosper.
Ooh, I do hope they thrive for you Kris! I only wish they had lasted a bit longer here. I kept some of the flowers dried but they are so fragile I hardly dare touch them!
Lovely blues, Cathy!
The colour we all seem to yearn for! 😃
Indeed…
Such gorgeous colors, Cathy. These are really standouts! As our landscape begins to hibernate, it’s very special to look back and relish the color!
It is indeed… it has been so grey outside but I have been glued to my bright and cheerful screen indoors all week! 🤗
All the flowers are gorgeous, Cathy, and all the more welcome at this bleak time of the year. That border is stunning though, took my breath away 🙂
Thanks Annette! The whole week was a whirlwind of posting and viewing all the other posts, comments etc. It was such fun and brightened up a very bleak week! Snow is on the way now. 😃❄️