Just a few photos taken around the garden yesterday.
Clematis Montana
Perennial Cornflower
Above and below - Wild Garlic
Above and below Alchemilla Mollis or Lady's Mantle.
Self Heal or perhaps Bugle? When I was given it I was told it was Bugle. I must look at its leaves, perhaps that will give a clue.
Update - thank you Ellie for letting me know that this is definitely Bugle.
Update - thank you Ellie for letting me know that this is definitely Bugle.
Aquilegia or Granny's Bonnet. It's also known as Columbine.
I can't remember the name of this one . It comes back every year without fail and I used to know what it was called.
Update - thanks to Ellie and Simone I now know and remember that this is Solomon's Seal.
Update - thanks to Ellie and Simone I now know and remember that this is Solomon's Seal.
Chive flower buds
Lily of the Valley
Camassia
Rhododendron -Dreamland
Thrift
Peony flower buds
Wallflowers
Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post.
Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post.
Dear Rosie
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. I think your bugle is indeed a bugle - ajuga reptans. The mystery plant is Solomon's Seal or Polygonatum hybridum.
Best wishes and keep enjoying your garden - it looks beautiful.
Best wishes
Ellie
Thank you Ellie. We have both Bugle and Self Heal which is smaller and more wild looking it growsin the lawns later in the eyar. I've got them confused. I kept thinking that the plant was something slightly biblical but all I could think of was Jacob's Ladder which I knew was wrong. Thank you again:)
DeleteYour flowers are beautiful and give much needed colour Rosie. I believe your mystery plant is solomon's seal too! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone yes Solomon's Seal, I kept googling different descriptions of the plant but couldn't find an illustration of it, now I know:)
DeleteWhat a lovely variety of flowers you have! Is the one you've forgotten Solomon's Seal? I could be totally wrong, that's just what came to mind when I saw it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Louise, yes it is Solomon's Seal, I knew it had a slightly biblical name but just couldn't remember or find it online. I've now updated the text in my post:)
DeleteIt's funny how the plants that come back every year in the garden become divorced from their proper names; my mother's garden contained such plants as "the stuff that granny dug up" and "the one we got from Aunt Rose". It was nice to have a look at the selection in your garden.
ReplyDeleteLove the names of some of the plants, in your mother's garden!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you John, had to smile we had Uncle Wilf's fuchsia for years, it moved with us three times and cuttings became son or daughter of Uncle Wilf's fuchcia, now we have Cousin Ian's Golden Hop and Cousin Aileen's Bugle. Take care:)
DeleteOh that Granny's Bonnet or Columbine!!!! Ohhhh, LOVE it!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAll so gorgeous! Always interesting, how much farther ahead, your growing season is, than ours.
My husband as violets yesterday. I want to go find them today, in our yard. When I see violets, it is Spring!!!!
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Thank you WoW, I like your reply to John too. Granny's bonnet is lovely we have several different coloured ones too, they have spread all over the garden, some have fetched up in inapropriate places like the middle of paths or trying to make their way through a shrub. I hope you find violets:)
DeleteI enjoyed seeing the garden & it must look glorious. I was going to tell you Solomons Seal, but noticed Louise has already told you. Not grown them for a long time. My 2 camellia sasanqua's are flowering, but that's about all as yet, but it is only autumn here. Thanks for sharing, take care, stay safe & huggles.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, yes Solomon's Seal! I knew it was a sort of biblical name like Jacob's Ladder but not that. We've had them for years I think some of them could be moved now to a different part of teh garden. Stay safe:)
DeleteAmazing, so pretty. I'm interested to see your alchemilla mollis is out so beautifully, ours hasn't even broken the surface yet this year. Look at that peony bud, just ready to pop! 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen, the alchemila mollis seems to have come on so quickly and it looks lovely at the moment whilst still fresh and green. It won't be long before the peony flower appears:)
DeleteThe garden is looking lovely, I have lots of Columbine in different colours around the garden, all self seeded, it looks really pretty.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam, the columbine is lovely and has spread its way across the garden in different colours, so pretty even when it is in the wrong place, like a crack in the steps and in the gravel path:)
DeleteIt is all looking beautiful, such a lot to admire.
ReplyDeleteThank you MM, it's a lovely time of year in the garden:)
DeleteYou have lots of beautiful blooms in the garden Rosie.
ReplyDeleteDH keeps saying we should get a camassia.
Thank you Julie, we planted the bulbs last year and they didn't do too well so I was surprised when so many popped up this year, they seem quite hardy:)
DeleteI am so sorry for the late comment Rosie - I check for blog posts every day but somehow missed this one! What a super post - your garden has some wonderful flowers and must look so pretty. Our peony is only just developing buds and I spotted my first perennial cornflour this week. I hope you are feeling a little better.
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