A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Seven

What a fabulous week this has been! A huge thank you to all of you who have joined in and all the  lovely comments too! 💕 I started this annual ‘Week of Flowers‘ at the end of November 2020, to cheer me up after the loss of my dear little dog, Gina. It seemed a good idea to repeat it in 2021, with so many social restrictions still in place, and it has since become an annual event that I plan and look forward to as soon as the autumn garden starts winding down.

So, the final day has come round – all good things must come to an end – and I will start off with the brightest photo I could find…

Papaver orientalis

Then we have a mix of flowers I love, from all seasons. Click any photo for a slideshow.

Aster ‘Lutetia’ ?

Tulipa humilis ‘Little Beauty’

Geranium ‘Rozanne’

Nigella

Scabiosa ‘Perfecta’

Digitalis purpurea

Hemerocallis ‘Hexenritt’

Echinacea pallida

Geranium, Nigella and Veronica

Verbena bonariensis with Queen of Spain Fritillary

Aster ‘Mönch’ and Cosmos

Looking back through all my photos of 2023 makes me realize how much the garden has progressed over the past couple of years. And it has also got me thinking about new projects and what is to come next spring, summer, autumn…. Isn’t it magical that our gardens go on, regardless of what is happening in the world?  Gardening gives us a firm footing, hope and the chance to dream.

Thank you once again to all who have participated and made this year’s Week of Flowers such a success!

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A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Six

A Week of Flowers is definitely succeeding in chasing away the winter blues and brightening up the darker days of the year here in the northern hemisphere.

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I am being cheered and inspired by all the flowers my blogging friends are sharing. If you haven’t joined in yet, please do. Only today and tomorrow to go now. Simply share a flower and leave a link in the comments section.

For Day Six I have chosen shades of peaches and cream.

 This first flower is perhaps the most dramatic one I grow. It was the first year for this peachy Foxtail Lily; Eremurus ‘Romance’. It exceeded all my expectations so I do hope it returns next year.

These white ones are Eremurus himalaicus, aptly planted alongside Allium ‘Mount Everest’. Both these plants are real bee magnets.

Here we have a peachy yellow Hellebore, ‘Yellow Lady’ – one of the few plants I brought here from my old garden – then an Aquilegia, and Echinacea ‘Prairie Blaze Yellow’.

 

And last but not least, a lovely golden Geum called ‘Goldball’. That colour just has to make you smile, doesn’t it? 😉

Thanks for stopping by, and for more smiles and the grand finale don’t miss the last post in this series tomorrow!

 

A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Five

What? Day Five already? And so many flowers to share still! Join me for the last few days of my Week of Flowers, and share a photo of a flower you have grown this year, or perhaps seen in somebody else’s garden. And don’t forget to leave a link below. 😃

First of all, a few salvias. I love these flowers, and the bees do too! The first one is Salvia azurea, then comes ‘Aromax Blue’, and the last one is simply called ‘Peach’.

 

The next flowers were growing in our meadow this summer, and a couple were included in my ‘Wild and Weedy Wednesday’ posts this year, which I intend to resume next spring. 😃

Scot’s Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Wild Mallow (Malva sylvestris)

Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)

Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis)

Thank you to all who are joining in, sharing, liking, commenting etc! December has never looked brighter! 😉

See you tomorrow! 🙋‍♀️

A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Four (and a Vase on Monday)

I am starting today’s post with a vase, joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. And since my garden is currently buried in snow, I am sharing one I put together for this meme in August, with Japanese Anemones and Anaphalis. It is one of my favourites of the year, full of sparkling summer sunshine! 😃

And now to ‘A Week of Flowers’, Day Four. And how time is flying by. So many of you are joining in, and seeing all the wonderful blooms of 2023 is a wonderful reminder of what was and what will be again next year. Anyone can join in, and there are still a few days of this flowery bonanza to go. So why not share a flower to brighten up these wintry days and leave a link to your post in the comments below! 🤗

My flowers all have visitors today. Click any photo for a slideshow and a closer look. 🐝

Gaillardia grandiflora ‘Burgunder’

Gaillardia (Spitzentänzerin’?)

Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’

Monarda fistulosa ‘Gardenview Scarlet’ (with Hummingbird Hawk Moth

Cosmos sulphureus ‘Bright Lights’

I look forward to seeing what others are sharing today, and remember to come back for another blast of colour and sunshine tomorrow! 😝

A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Three

Welcome back to A Week of Flowers! December can be such a dreary month in the northern hemisphere, so I am brightening up at least the first week of it with my annual meme. Please do join me! Just post a flower or two, each day, through to December 7th, and leave a link in the comments below. 😃

Some more subtle colours today, day three, from various times of the year: some moody blues and some white. Some people say white is not a colour, but I disagree. It can have just as much impact in a flower bed as any other colour. What do you think?

Click on any image for a slideshow with the names of the plants.

Aster ericoides ‘Schneetanne’

Boltonia asteroides ‘Snowbank’

Violas and Iberis sempervivens ‘Schneeflocke’

Camassia

Aquilegia

Iris sibirica

Hope you are enjoying this as much as I am! Many thanks to those joining in – do check the links in the comments to all their posts. And my Mum says a heartfelt thank you to all of the kind get well wishes yesterday. It really did her good! 🤗

Have a great day, and see you tomorrow?

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A Week of Flowers 2023, Day Two

Day Two of my ‘A week of Flowers’ and my mood has lifted already! So many people are already joining in and I have been enjoying all the blooms being shared. 🤗 This is my way of brightening up the shortest days of the year, but even if you are in the sunny southern hemisphere I believe you can never have enough flowers! Perhaps you would like to join in the fun? Just post one photo a day (or more!) of flowers from your gardens for this coming week through to December 7th and leave a link to your post in the comments below.

Actually I am bending the rules a little today as these flowers aren’t from my own garden. The dahlias were photographed in the UK in August while visiting some gardens with my parents to celebrate my Dad’s 90th birthday. Aren’t they gorgeous?

And these Echinacea were in my Mum’s front garden this summer. Love that colour next to the blue Geraniums. My Mum is still as keen a gardener as ever at 87!

(A special hello to my Mum today who took a tumble the other day and has broken her nose. ❣️)

Have a wonderful day full of flowers, and see you tomorrow for Day Three! 🌷🌹🌼

A Week of Flowers 2023, Day One

‘A week of Flowers’ is my way of brightening up this dark and dismal time of year in the northern hemisphere. The sight of a cheerful bloom never fails to bring a smile, and I will therefore be sharing some of the most colourful flowery photos of this year’s garden for a whole week. Why not join me? Just post one photo (or more!) a day of flowers from your garden for this coming week through to December 7th and leave a link to your post in the comments below. That way everyone can find it and enjoy the warmth and colour as well!

Let the show begin!

Peonies are one of my favourite flowers, and this Itoh Peony ‘Shining Light’ is a beauty.

Peony ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ is the cuckoo in the Moon Bed, which otherwise contains only blue and cream/white flowers. My sense of humour. 😉

And this one is, I think,  Sarah Bernhardt – it certainly smells wonderful.

These are P. ‘Dancing Butterflies’. Hard to believe on a December day that the Oval Bed looked like this in June!

Have a flowery day, and hope you will drop by again tomorrow!

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