I have been eagerly awaiting this rose’s new blooms. I LOVE roses and this one was a mother’s day gift several years back from my eldest, who knew i loved purple and roses and found the perfect combination, what a blessing. It also smells divine so pretty much perfect really.
Lovely to see some foxgloves again this year. There were loads when we moved here 2 years ago and then NONE last year, but a few have popped back up again, such a welcome surprise.
My daughter told me, if she were a fairy, she would use the end of the stigma as her throne.
We have three different clematis in our garden, the one with little pale pink flowers that climbs up the garage and then two others; one with burgundy larger flowers and this one with massive purpley-blue ones. It doesn't produce loads of flowers but they are quite stunning.
Aquilegia. love the deep dark purple and we have quite a few more this year after the self seeding last year and the seeds i scattered further afield. They may be short-lived but that makes them even more special.
One of our local parks has a plant box full of various herbs and edible plants for everyone in the community to help themselves to (as in trim what you need, not dig up and take home :P ). This is currently growing, no idea what it is, but thought the buds were quite striking. Let me know if you know what it is.
Here we have the English Bluebell (Day 9 was the Spanish bluebell) same beautiful colour but very different presence :P Where the Spanish Bluebell stands tall, strong and erect, the English Bluebell is more demure and dainty…of course there are also some hybrids these days but I am no plant expert and those are just the main differences I am aware of. Love them both :)
