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First cut flowers from the garden

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Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 19:04:52

Everything was blown by the wind and bashed by the rain in the garden.
So I decided to pick as much as possible to enjoy inside.
Its grey and lashing against the windows, but these little beauties are looking and smelling good!
(Petunia, Spanish Bluebells, and Winston Churchill daffs)

Fleurpepper Thu 27-Apr-23 19:14:17

My favourite flowers, some some would call 'weeds' - what a joy. But such a shame your garden got such a bashing- at least you can enjoy them for a while.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 19:15:02

Sorry, dont know wjat happened there

grandMattie Thu 27-Apr-23 19:19:30

I love “weed” arrangements. I often use cow parsley and sea lavender in church. In autumn, there is an embarrassment of choice.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 19:19:58

first there were no photos now too many, signal is poor here

Do you mean the Spanish Bluebells Fleurpepper? They can be a problem for some, and I do prefer English ones. But I just let them pop up hither and thither.

I thought the petunia was early flowering.

Fleurpepper Thu 27-Apr-23 19:24:31

No, garden flowers in general - and meadow 'weeds'. One of our type of cow parsley has pink flowers, gorgeous. Meadowsweet too, water avens, tall daisies, pink bistort, and so on. Changing with the seasons.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 19:26:39

GrandMattie do you have to 'treat' the Cow Parsley before you use it?
I find the petals drop almost immediately, and don't last very long at all.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 19:28:48

Fleurpepper

No, garden flowers in general - and meadow 'weeds'. One of our type of cow parsley has pink flowers, gorgeous. Meadowsweet too, water avens, tall daisies, pink bistort, and so on. Changing with the seasons.

We pick Meadowsweet and make different things with it.
No bottled perfume is as intoxicating.

CanadianGran Thu 27-Apr-23 19:30:11

Beautiful! We are having a very late and cold spring. Crocuses are finished, and muscari are just popping up.

I would like to swipe a few branches of forsythia, but the only shrub available to me was pruned back quite hard last year and has hardly any blooms. It's in a neglected alleyway and in the past I have helped myself to a few overhanging branches. I do love forsythia.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 21:15:29

Sorry Petunia = Peony,

CanadianGran Ah well, when the fresh green of spring is gone here, you will be enjoying it there smile

My Fil cut back his Forsythia several times a year, just did it when he thought it looked to shaggy. It was a beacon of colour every spring. People stopped to admire it.
Although all the books say it flowers on new shoots and not to chop them off!
It's inconsiderate of the new tidy gardener to cut off your over hanging Forsythia. grin
It's one of lifes pleasures to be able to gather foliage you don't grow in your own garden grin

Fleurpepper Thu 27-Apr-23 21:31:52

Namsnanny

Fleurpepper

No, garden flowers in general - and meadow 'weeds'. One of our type of cow parsley has pink flowers, gorgeous. Meadowsweet too, water avens, tall daisies, pink bistort, and so on. Changing with the seasons.

We pick Meadowsweet and make different things with it.
No bottled perfume is as intoxicating.

Yes it was used as a strewing grass in houses in medieval times to hide horrible smells. And with willow bark, nature's natural aspirin.

What do you mean though with 'petunia = peony'? Don't understand.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 21:35:39

I was correcting my error. The flower in my photo isn't a Petunia it's a Peony blush

Meryleene Thu 27-Apr-23 21:38:16

I thought it should have read peonies and not petunias when I saw the picture (of the puffy dark pink flowers).
I find peonies don't last long outside anyway, so enjoying them inside is a good idea.

Namsnanny Thu 27-Apr-23 21:56:30

Meryleene Thanks yes they are glorious for a short time.
Do you think they are in flower a little early?

MaizieD Fri 28-Apr-23 08:32:20

I'm surprised at a peony being in bloom so early. Mine are only just coming into leaf.

Fleurpepper Fri 28-Apr-23 08:39:55

Namsnanny

I was correcting my error. The flower in my photo isn't a Petunia it's a Peony blush

Ah thanks, got it.

Same here Maizie, but I live in t'mountains

Fleurpepper Fri 28-Apr-23 08:42:08

The tree peonies against the South wall are budding nicely. But we are at least 2-3 weeks behind on other years, looking at memory photos that are coming up on my FB page.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 28-Apr-23 10:37:54

MaizieD

I'm surprised at a peony being in bloom so early. Mine are only just coming into leaf.

One along the road is just about to burst open. I love peonies.

If you folk insist on living in these outlandish places, what can you expect?😄

dustyangel Fri 28-Apr-23 10:43:19

They are absolutely beautiful Namsnanny. As you said, you wouldn’t cut them normally, they are all flowers that last much better in the garden. What a joy to have them inside.

Meryleene Fri 28-Apr-23 10:47:07

My daughters friend is getting married in May and will have them in her bouquet. I think they are so pretty, but difficult because both the the rain and the sun can harm them.

DamaskRose Fri 28-Apr-23 11:02:24

Absolutely beautiful Namsnanny! Some of my tulips were battered down so I brought them in. Lovely to have any flowers in the house I think, be they “weeds” or “proper” flowers.

Namsnanny Fri 28-Apr-23 11:29:23

They are beautiful arn't they dustyangel?
Its my one of many
Indulgence, scented flowers in the house. My favourite change with the season, but I find rust coloured Freesia, and orange centred narcissus glorious.

Namsnanny Fri 28-Apr-23 11:35:53

DamaskRose

Absolutely beautiful Namsnanny! Some of my tulips were battered down so I brought them in. Lovely to have any flowers in the house I think, be they “weeds” or “proper” flowers.

I'm with you, as I think Monty Don paraphrased, a weed is just a plant out of place.
One of my favourite photos is this one

cc Mon 01-May-23 14:59:52

MaizieD

I'm surprised at a peony being in bloom so early. Mine are only just coming into leaf.

Yes, really early for a peony, I mistook it for a camellia!

Warbler Mon 01-May-23 16:40:14

Lily of the Valley......smells beautiful. Small and powerful.