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Post by Tig on Oct 30, 2013 19:22:43 GMT
More like a champagne bucket Auricula  Jilly the pompom type is Sunny Boy - it's a tall one, had loads of flowers though! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 31, 2013 12:02:04 GMT
I especially like the colour and combination of the 2nd one Tig. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 2, 2014 15:10:08 GMT
My new vase, I loved the colour! It's got a few Generous Gardener roses in it - I love that rose too!  This is today's statement - looks like it should be in a NT property!  I'd never usually cut anything like this but this reduced, blue, dwarf lupin had to be relocated as I'd planted in front of Angelface and as the boys said the only thing about it that was correct was that it was reduced. The lupin is the darkest purple like a bruise and it is not dwarf so I had to rescue AF!  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 3, 2014 15:48:24 GMT
Those Lupin are absolutely smashing Jasmine, fab colour. Beautiful Rosebuds as well, is that a SR vase? |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 3, 2014 16:29:15 GMT
Thank you Ladygardener - I did feel bad cutting them off but I like being to see AF now! The vase came from one of our lovely local GC - they have some smashing stuff - I noticed they had a new craft section last time I was in! |
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Post by Tig on Jun 3, 2014 18:26:30 GMT
Is there such a thing as a 'dwarf' lupin this year? Mine are gigantic! Lovely deep purple Jas, and the new vase is such a delicate shade of blue.
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Post by Barbara on Jun 3, 2014 18:57:08 GMT
These lay all over the ground and get on my nerves,  I'll have to find a way to keep them upright next year or they are going, anyway I cut them and put them in the kitchen to brighten it up.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 3, 2014 19:03:00 GMT
They're so lovely Barbara. The Chelsea Chop might help them grow sturdy, if not this year then next year perhaps. www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/9482340/Thorny-problems-Which-perennials-benefit-from-the-Chelsea-chop.htmlA little advice from Helen Yemen...In my experience, the perennials that respond the best are the daisies. Anthemis tinctoria gets very lofty and floppy in rich soil and is therefore hard to support, as do old-fashioned shasta daisies and heleniums. My phlox also responds really well, and I have a suspicion that Campanula lactiflora might do so. |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 3, 2014 19:12:40 GMT
I might try that next year LG thanks.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 4, 2014 11:55:50 GMT
Just grabbed a couple of roses before a thunderstorm starts...   RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 4, 2014 13:02:08 GMT
Love the markings on the top rose Rosefriend and your vase of daisies is really pretty Barbara! |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 4, 2014 14:02:00 GMT
Thanks Jas, cheap and cheerful that's me. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 4, 2014 14:04:33 GMT
Thanks Jas, cheap and cheerful that's me. Noooo! I was just thinking how perhaps we ought to cut more garden flowers and bring them indoors because they look so lovely!
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Post by Barbara on Jun 4, 2014 14:10:35 GMT
I brought a bunch of montbretia in last year they did look nice in the vase honest.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 4, 2014 16:59:37 GMT
Lovely pics Rosefriend, do they smell lovely? Barbara Jasmine you're right I think, we should bring some of our flowers inside as they do cheer us up so much. I'm hoping that with all my Dahlia this year I'll be able to pick at least the ones from the allotment. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 4, 2014 17:18:47 GMT
Lovely pics Rosefriend, do they smell lovely? Barbara Jasmine you're right I think, we should bring some of our flowers inside as they do cheer us up so much. I'm hoping that with all my Dahlia this year I'll be able to pick at least the ones from the allotment. Yes they do smell lovely Ladygardener... Dunno about picking flowers - it is something that I have only done in the last few years and then only very few as they never last as long - I never used to do it and I had way over 100 different roses in the garden... The only time that I cut all my rose blooms off was when my MIL died and I took all the blooms off and the funeral guests chose roses that they wanted to throw in her grave - anything that was left we put in an enormous vase on her fresh grave - only lasted a couple of days but it looked good. It was my way of saying thank you to her as she knew that I never cut my roses for anyone... RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 4, 2014 17:25:03 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 4, 2014 19:09:59 GMT
How lovely Rosefriend. The only ones I usually pick are some lillies, just the odd flower, not the whole stem and of course my sweetpea and this year some of my stock as I had loads overwinter and bloom really early. |
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Post by Tig on Jun 4, 2014 19:20:24 GMT
They are all beautiful - I do like the first rose RF, very pretty.
I rarely think to cut flowers and bring them in unless they get damaged while they are at their best. This year though I am determined to pick some of the gold alstroes, to get them before they start setting seed if nothing else!!!
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Post by Jilly on Jun 5, 2014 13:56:30 GMT
What a lovely gesture Rosefriend, my Dad had a few of my late roses in with him too. I've usually got a small pot of something indoors, like you Tig apart from the sweetpeas & Dahlias it's usually something that had it's stem broken or is in danger from wind & rain. |
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 10, 2014 17:43:11 GMT
Love all the "In a Vase" pics and the different vases everyone is using, everyone should pick flowers to have in the house. I personally like a few or one in preference to a lot in a big vase. I cut this Peone or is it Peony  when we were forecast rain, its called Eden I think and smells devine, the little Pink was one I snapped off.  I've even got vases outside two opposite the kitchen window where all I see is next doors garden shed. Some Iceburg roses  |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 10, 2014 18:10:20 GMT
Looks lovely Chuckles.  I cut these this morning, there are so many on the plant I'm having trouble keeping it upright so I thought I'd lighten it a little. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 11, 2014 4:21:19 GMT
Lovely flowers, Peonies are great in a vase as are Roses, you don't need too many to look good.
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 12, 2014 19:48:52 GMT
Looks lovely Chuckles. I cut these this morning, there are so many on the plant I'm having trouble keeping it upright so I thought I'd lighten it a little. They look lovely in that jug Barbara. They last quite a while as cut flowers, longer than in the garden with those heavy heads on thier long stems  |
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Post by Jilly on Jun 12, 2014 20:47:50 GMT
 Really pretty Barbara & I love your jug. I picked my first vase full at the weekend, using the first of the Sweet Peas.  |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 13, 2014 6:43:45 GMT
Thanks for the noms girls.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 13, 2014 7:27:06 GMT
![]()  I agree it's smashing, nicely presented with your lovely garden in the background.  Jilly what a lovely display, love that you've added some Rosemary too.  I might just pick some from my own garden today. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 21, 2014 7:53:15 GMT
Managed a lovely bunch of sweetpeas yesterday - all mixed up but I do like the 'Purple Pimpernel' which has a marvellous scent..  RF |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 21, 2014 8:02:08 GMT
Managed a lovely bunch of sweetpeas yesterday - all mixed up but I do like the 'Purple Pimpernel' which has a marvellous scent.. RF lovely RF I can smell them from here |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 21, 2014 8:14:42 GMT
Thanks for the nom Barbara - the smell is just wonderful and so intense - even OH can smell them and he practically has to have one up his nose to smell them normally. RF |
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I'd never usually cut anything like this but this reduced, blue, dwarf lupin had to be relocated as I'd planted in front of Angelface and as the boys said the only thing about it that was correct was that it was reduced. The lupin is the darkest purple like a bruise and it is not dwarf so I had to rescue AF!
I'll have to find a way to keep them upright next year or they are going, anyway I cut them and put them in the kitchen to brighten it up.
when we were forecast rain, its called Eden I think and smells devine, the little Pink was one I snapped off.
I might just pick some from my own garden today.