About my garden

Monday 9 July 2018

Sweet as sugar candy In a Vase on Monday

I'm naturally drawn to dark coloured flowers but these sugar coloured sweet peas bunched together are just delicious visually and aromatically. 


They are a  mixture off different varieties. There is some organisation in the planting but not by the time they get as far as the house. I think the purple is probably from a mixture called Twilight. 
I'm not going to go on about the weather except to say - it's no less desperate. But amongst all the frazzling of plants are some surprises. 

I've tried on many occasions to grow Gypsophila and always failed. This one has grown from a seed mix I threw in just before the drought. There is precious little else growing there as I have not been able to water it but this hardy little plant is thriving and has turned out pink! Love it. 
I've noticed before that sometimes direct sown seeds produce better plants which are less prone to pest damage. Perhaps not a fair test this year and often my direct sowings fail to show at all. 
I look forward to seeing what people have found to put In a Vase on Monday hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. 

10 comments:

  1. The sweet peas are so...sweet! I'm amazed that they are blooming so beautifully in your drought! The pink gypsophila is lovely too. I love garden surprises! :)

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    1. The sweet peas have had water, I know they don't like to be dry. Gardens are always surprising, don't you think?

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  2. I love the pink Gypsophila! I can certainly sympathize on the hot, dry conditions too. Both my garden and I feel walloped at the moment.

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  3. I now find myself singing My Boy Lollipop! Your sweet peas are so pretty and a breath of fresh air in this heat. The surprise in my dry garden is a veronacastrum (in bloom) that I planted about 4 years ago and hadn't seen since...

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    1. How strange after 4 years! Never give up on a good thing...More song lyrics.

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  4. The sweet peas are beautiful things, the pastel colors just work together so well. Like Kris, I love that Gypsophila. Hope you get some nice weather soon.

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    1. Thank you. The weather is nice - just very dry. No change is forecast so we must just enjoy it.

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  5. I didn't know gypsophila could be pink - what a happy surprise!

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    1. Very happy surprise. I have a very small pink one called Kermesina.

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