Hello Everyone
Somebody opened the floodgates here today and we've had torrential rain, with thunder and lightening thrown in for good measure. So you might just spot a raindrop or two on the foliage in my vase.
I asked my husband to cut a few of his climbing roses, 'Arthur Bell', happily before the heavens opened, and he very kindly obliged. It is claimed that this climber grows to fifteen feet (5m) but I think that's a miscalculation - ours is now way past that height despite hubby cutting it down, by a lot, every year.
It's a stunning golden yellow rose with a powerful scent which, if it wasn't for the height, makes it the perfect cut flower.
Tucked away and almost hidden from sight is a couple of tiny roses,
rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird'. I first spotted this rose whilst on holiday on the Isle of Wight where it was being grown as a standard. I thought the single, bright yellow flowers, were delightful but it was the fern-like foliage that really caught my - very different from every other rose in my garden. Of course, I had to have one but ours is not grown as a standard, instead it is rambling along our fence and through a honeysuckle which also has yellow flowers.
For foliage, I've added lady's mantle,
alchemilla mollis, and myrtle,
Myrtus apiculata 'Glanleam Gold'.
As you might guess from the name, this should be a variegated shrub - gold and green variegated - but parts have reverted to just dark green. I will cut out the reverted stems eventually but, for now, I'm happy to pick it as it is to use in my arrangements.
Linking this post to Cathy's meme In
A Vase On Monday on Rambling in the Garden and joining with many others who share whatever they have found to put in a vase this week. If you have filled a vase today I'm sure you would be very welcome to join in too.
