Two poppies today. That is four so far this year. We also have some self-seeded honesty growing by the front door. There are two plants on one side (both white) and one plant on the other. That one is purple streaked with white – I suspect some cross breeding has taken place and the purple one we had last year has been diluted. This happened a few years ago with alyssum. We have plenty of white (who doesn’t?) and I planted some blue. The blue didn’t thrive and only lasted a year, but in the next year a lot of our plants had white flowers with blue edges. Unfortunately they had all disappeared by the next year.
I may have said this before, but it bears repeating – I like self-seeding flowers. Cheap, easy and capable of generating a lot of interest.
We are gradually running out of marigolds, so I may have to plant a few extra, but the valerian is still going strong and we have so many teasels I am going to have to do some thinning out. The trouble with spiky plants is that you can’t just let them grow where they want.
That is really all there was to today – got up, went to work, saw a few customers, packed a few parcels, went home, ate and watched TV. It was veggie burgers again. Bought in again because it’s a cheap and easy thing to do and because our shopping arrives on Friday night so the cobs are still nice and fresh to put the burgers in. They were a bit too spicy this week so, once again, I am talking about making my own.
I may have said that before . . .
Thank you Lavinia. That was magical
We are seeking white honesty. We have loads of purple
Purple tends to be the persistent one – I was surprised to see the white. I can collect seeds this autumn if you want some. 🙂
I have hollyhocks that self-seed. Originally I had yellow, white and maroon. The white ones died out quickly, the maroon ones interbreed with the yellow for a while, and now I have only yellow ones.
Natural selection by colour is a strange thing. We have had foxgloves, and they tend to all become reddish maroon in time.
There are places in country Australia where there was once a small village or a house on its own but it has all disappeared; the gold ran out or all the men went to war for Mother England and died in Flanders. But still there are old roses and belladonna lilies and blue and white irises.
Yes, we leave traces long after we are gone.
You might like this song by Kate Wolf. Fits your reply perfectly. Hopefully you can view it.
https://youtu.be/wi1U1iZukb0?t=1
Yes, a perfect fit. I have noticed that lilacs tend to persist in old gardens.
Lavinia – what a perfect song!