Not content with the joy of the wisteria which was shown yesterday, the garden is full of many other joys which it would be selfish to keep to myself – like the newly purchased patio pots, replanted in our cubic lead effect tubs alongside a pot of diascia grown from seed last year or the year before, shown above, or the froth of allium and aquilegia below:
Having added lots of additional allium last autumn, it is not surprising that they are popping up in pleasing combinations throughout the garden, like in the bold borders where a dark purply blue aquilegia blends perfectly with A Purple Sensation and splashes of red from Papaver orientale and Eschscholzia ‘Red Chief’:
They form a great contrast when seen against Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ too…
…and with the red and yellow aquilegia, Geum ‘Prinses Juliana’ and cerinthe, with about-to-burst-forth honeysuckle:
As the heucheras fill out, this bronze bed around the Acer griseum begins to fulfil its brief:
Last but not least, are the joys of the rose garden: Zépherin Drouhin, Guinée and Madame Alfred Carrière … what more can I say? It is a pleasure to share the joy of these and the other visual sights of the garden, but sadly I can’t share the divine fragrances that are wafting through it…
Love all that froth and your roses are exceptional. I can almost smell them.
There’s definitely a lingering fragrance around the garden now – lovely!
Lovely Cathy! Thanks for sharing it all! 🙂
Cathy everything is wonderful. All the plants are beautiful. Her garden is fairy tale: beautiful and with a special touch. Greetings from Margarita.
I think Nature is at least equally responsible for the beauty in the garden, Margarita 😉
Plenty of lovely plant combinations here, Cathy. I’m sure it smells divine.
Oh the roses, Sam! And the wafts of honeysuckle!