Our tiny garden is remarkably colourful at the moment, with some pink cosmos, asters, rudbeckia, nepeta, gaura The Bride, and a few afterthought roses, but for today's vases I have picked out the summer's last hurrah. A gentle little collection which we have been enjoying all summer long. We had our first frost last week so I don't think it will be long before these pretties get knocked on the head by Jack Frost. Therefore, in the spirit of 'gather ye rosebuds while ye may', here is our garden's offering for this week.
Thank you to these little beauties, for all the joy they bring.
So delicate and beautiful...almost a wistful look back at summer...
ReplyDeleteIt's that time of year isn't it! The summer garden brings such a wonderful sense of light when flowers are cut and brought into the house. All that goes during winter, which I feel is galloping towards us at the moment. Quite a few of our native trees are heavy with berries - holly, rowan, hawthorn - which country folk will tell you is the sign of a bad winter. Already they are forecasting a return of the beast from the east in the New Year. The signs are there, so the remnants of summer are very precious, and yes, it is a bit of a wistful look back! Thank you for visiting the running wave today. A
DeleteLovely fresh flowers in a happy mix of colors. I love your nasturtiums. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susie. Not sure how long the nasturtiums will keep going. We had a light frost last week, and they don't take much before they will sink in a big soggy heap! Hopefully we will have them for a little bit longer! I hope you have a good week too. A
DeleteOh that is a really loud HURRAH and what a delightful vase they make, defying autumn and your first frost. Isn't it exciting having sweet peas still - I just pulled the last of mine up yesterday
ReplyDeleteMy sweet peas have been wonderful but now is the time to say goodbye! There are a few hopefully buds left, but they won't come to anything I don't think so when I get time this week I will pull the plants out! They will leave a big hole in the flower bed! A
DeleteBright and colorful.
ReplyDeleteLittle treasures!
DeleteI love the happy colors of your vases, Amanda. Coastal Southern California is exempt from the abrupt change of seasons brought on by frost - I expect it would make me melancholy. But colder weather also allows you to grow things I can't so there are definitely trade-offs.
ReplyDeleteINAVOM certainly demonstrates the wide range of plants we can grow in our gardens in our various countries, and these differences seem to be highlighted as we move from one season into another! We all have such difference growing conditions - and doesn't that make it exciting! A
DeleteI love a mix of what's going on outside brought inside. Enjoy! and Sweet Peas to boot.
ReplyDeleteYes, me too, I love all these things. A mix of colour, shape and size! The last of the sweet peas, sadly, but I've learnt this year to concentrate on the darker colours with just a few pastel shades. I have enjoyed them much more!
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