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Fragrant vases on Monday

This is the best time of year in our garden.  The roses are out!  In my vases today, David Austen's 'Gentle Hermione' and Rose Mundi team up with the first, highly perfumed, sweet peas.  I especially love 'Cupani'.  All long awaited, all well worth the wait!

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  1. Just lovely. The fragrance must be breathtaking.

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    1. Thanks Susie. Yes, it all just scrumptious! A

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  2. What a lovelymntrio, Amanda, and experiencing them in person must be wonderful. The Rosa Mundi makes me think of raspberry ripple ice cream

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    1. And smells as good as the ice cream tastes! Hooray for summer roses! A

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  3. They're all lovely, Amanda. Showing just how different our climates are, my own sweet peas are but a distant memory and my roses have mostly finished their first flush and may not flower again until cooler temperatures return in the early fall.

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    1. Maybe by the time the roses come around again, you will have a lovely new kitchen to cut a few in celebration! A

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  4. It looks good and must smell amazing. Those are wonderful sweet pea colours. I find it hard to choose which ones I want, I like the pastels but I like these too. Such beautiful roses, you just want to drink them in,

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    1. I have to admit to being pleased with the colours of the sweet peas. The flowerheads are rather small, but their colours (and their fragrance) pack a punch. I always seem to end up with too many white sweet peas which I always find disappointing so I made a point, this year, of looking for stronger colours and giving the pastel collections a miss. Seems to have worked! Very few white ones this year! Hooray! A

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  5. Lovely and the imaginary scent crosses the Atlantic!

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  6. It is hard to forget the fragrance of a good rose isn't it! And sweet peas! They are certainly giving us lots of pleasure now that they are finally blooming. And my regale lilies! Too big and precious to pick for a vase, but heavily scented and glorious. About to put some photos on the next Garden Notes post for this week! Hope the weather is cooling down a little for you? We have lovely sunshine but a very cool wind this week. A

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