Wednesday, May 12, 2021

It's all about the flowers, really

It's all about flowers at this time of year - and in my garden, there's quite a lot of purple - which isn't my favourite colour in, say, clothes or furnishings, but it's the nearest that most flowers come to blue so it's acceptable. 




How about this stunning blue mecanopsis, though?  They grow well in Scotland - theoretically - but I tend to lose them after a couple of years. I think that this is because I've put them with other, more aggressive things and they've been swamped. So last year I got my garden labourer (Mr L) to cut out a new, special bed for them, and the three plants that I put in are still looking good. Granted, this is the only bloom so far, but plant 2 has a promising bud; and plant 3, while smaller and with no sign of flowers, looks pretty healthy. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 

In the Botanics, there's lots of pink. 


This view of the city skyline from the Botanics is so familiar and dear to me. 

More pink.

And some yellow. 

And even some very late daffodils. 

Back in my garden, I have to admit that the orange wallflowers, though I don't like them and would never have planted them if I'd known they were orange, do add a splash of brightness to this front garden bed. 

12 days till Daughter 2 and Smallest Granddaughter arrive. I can hardly wait. 





 

13 comments:

  1. I love purple too! I have a bumper crop of my lavender and deep purple bearded irises--but I'll miss them due to my trip. (well worth the sacrifice!) You said something positive about orange. :) Yay!!

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  2. Your flower pictures are so pretty! 🌸

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  3. That mecanopsis is spectacular! And my absolute favourite colour. I must get some for our new garden (once I have figured out what all the stuff is that we already have growing happily in our new garden!)

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    1. Ooh, you've moved? Exciting!

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  4. Wow that is a proper blue! What a wonderful colour for a flower ... our garden has blue roses (light purple) and blue irises (dark purple) and a blue pacific tree (light purple/blue) but nothing that is Proper Blue. Mind you it's all very autumnal at the moment, I like looking at your spring flowers

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  5. You are so fortunate to be able to grow mecanopsis. My soil is wrong, and I can't even manage them in pots.
    I do hope all goes well for Daughter 2's visit. Having just met my almost 15 month-old grandson for the first time I have learned something about separations.

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    1. Oh, I'm so glad you met him! Time will tell whether I can grow mecanopsis - they've only been in a year. Fingers crossed!

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  6. Flowers - one of the Great pleasures of life! Yours are so beautiful - you must have a very green thumb.

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  7. Your flower border is beautiful! I hope to have something like that one day... we are still struggling with how to add flowers to our oddly-shaped front lawn. I bought 3 cleamtis today, two different purples and a bright cherry red (they will not go anywhere close to each other). All 3 will go in places where I can see them from inside the house. But I have never had anything like your Mecanopsis! I've only seen them on Gardener's World! Thank goodness for pirated Videos on YouTube!

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  8. Beautiful flowers. It's on my wish list to go to the botanics this summer. So far, I'm making it to the garden once a week which is lovely, but not as lovely as yours!

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  9. Your flower gardens are a.m.a.z.i.n.g! I can't imagine how much time you must spend caring for them. As for blue -- do you have any forget-me-nots? I don't have very many flowers, but planted forget-me-nots for the first time last year. At first I didn't like them because they were so small, but I really came to love them and planted more this year. That blue mecanopsis is stunning!

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