The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!
The border in our tiny garden is in an in-between phase at the moment and not very colourful, but elsewhere there are pops of high summer colour and I have brought them together in my vase today. The running wave uses Blogger as it's vehicle and they are changing the way a post is created but unfortunately I cannot make the new format work. I can't progress beyond the title! I cannot navigate to the main body of the post to create text. The new template has no prompts for adding photos, weblinks, to format the text, change font etc. It may be my old MacBook that's as fault but I can't do anything about that!! Are any other IAVOM bloggers who use Blogger having the same problems? I have tried, three times, to contact Blogger through their 'Help' prompt and received no feedback or contact whatsoever. This post is using the old 'Legacy' format, which no longer permits any kind of formatting of text, and so after four attempts I have finally manage...
What rich colours in your little vase today, Amanda - the dark sweet peas really tone down the garish orange of the nasturtium and the zinnia adds further richness (and a lot of satisfaction!!!)
ReplyDeleteOh yes! Very satisfied with the handful (literally) of zinnias that have managed to bloom this year! The nasturtium is a ridiculously brightly coloured flower, but I do love its intense colour. This year they seem to have produced a couple of colours I haven't had before - all by themselves!! A
DeleteAs you say Amanda the flowers speak for themselves . I find zinnias challenging so understand your joy 😄
ReplyDeleteI am going to have another go next year, but maybe give them a bit more for a better start next time round!! A
DeleteIt's a vibrant and compelling mix, Amanda. Sweet peas and zinnias growing at the same time is something I find hard to get my head around, such are the differences in our climates.
ReplyDeleteWe certainly do have different climates to deal with. My garden is so tiny that I just try and grow a handful of favourites, and most of the time it works, although the zinnias have been very disappointing indeed this year - hence the joy with the one in my vase this week! A
DeleteLove those strong colours all together! ��
ReplyDeleteLove the colours - so up lifting and boy does the world need this at present.
ReplyDeleteHappy in my bubble in lockdown. Just wish I could go further than 5km xxx