It's finally sweet pea time in our garden and although this year's crop is very disappointing and limited, bearing in mind the time and expense I went to in choosing a really sumptuous selection of colours and seeds, I do have a few plants which are producing a modest number of flowers. So, here they are, alongside one or two heads of fennel and the wine coloured flower which I have completely forgotten the name of. I am very much hoping one of my fellow IAVOM friends can remind me what this rather interestingly textured flower, beloved of Piet Oudolf, is called!
Hi Amanda! Lovely mix in your vase today. Isn‘t that a Sanguisorba?
ReplyDeleteYes it is!! What would I do without the collective skill of IAVOM bloggers! I first saw that plant in a Piet Oudolf garden in Yorkshire. I thought its texture and colour were really interesting and have a couple in my garden now! Thank you! A
DeleteScrumptious sweet peas!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susie! I really enjoyed your vase this week, in it's original form and with all the other girls! I particularly love the clematis. Lovely colour and form. Sorry I can't leave you a message on your blog, but this is better than nothing! Have a good week! A
DeleteIs your mystery flower a sanguisorba, or one of the little persicarias? It's hard to tell from these photos. What a shame your sweet peas were so disappointing - one batch of mine is a disappointing mix so I will choose more carefully next year. The overall effect of your vase is lovely though, despite your disappointment
ReplyDeleteYes Cathy! Thank you, it is a sanguisorba! It's a burnet and I should have thought of that! The sweet peas are giving pleasure, such as they are, and as long as I can enjoy a few sweet smelling bunches, that's fine by me! I am glad you enjoyed the vase! Thank you! A
DeleteLove the colors and the pop of chartreuse from Fennel, Sanguisorba? new to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you! The sanguisorba (now I know what to call it!) is an interesting plant! Its form and texture is so different from everything else in the garden. I really like it! A
DeleteI adore sweet peas and am sad that mine were a bust this year. Esp. love the dark burgundy!
ReplyDeleteI feel a bit the same about mine! Disappointed. I divided up my seedlings between myself, my daughter and my daughter-in-law. My daughter's are doing a lot better than mine, showing the wider range of colours which I should have too! Not sure about my daughter-in-law's - I haven't seen hers! Ah well, there's always next year!! A
DeleteIt's hard for me to believe that anyone can have sweet peas during summer but I guess that says something about the difference between the climate in your part of the world and mine, Amanda. Sweet peas are late winter/early spring flowers here. I love Sanguisorba but it doesn't like Southern California.
ReplyDeleteI guess the sweet pea is a very fragile flower and probably can't cope with your hot hot summers! Spring and autumn would be kinder to them. I suppose it's a good thing that we can't all grow the same range of plants - it certainly keeps IAVOM varied and interesting, and we can all learn from each other about unfamiliar plants! I love that opportunity! A
DeleteA lovely sweet and without doubt you will be enjoying many more sweetpeas in the weeks to come.
ReplyDeleteI do hope so! I tried to leave a message on your blog but as with Susie and Chris Mousseau, and I think one or two others, I don't seem to be able to make the message 'stick'!! No idea why, but please be assured I always enjoy your arrangements, and very happy that you visit the running wave to see mine! Thank you! A
DeleteBeautiful sweet peas- I wish I could smell them, but I can imagine the sweetness. They look so delicate and feminine...just lovely xx
ReplyDeleteDo you grow sweet peas? I would think they could be OK perhaps in spring in your garden? A xx
DeleteYes we grow them, they grow most of the year here. xx
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