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Monday 25 September 2017

Sunshine (on a rainy day) In a vase on Monday

Some of my roses are having a last fling and I've been watching this yellow one send up bud after bud. I was a little late in picking them, as they are mostly fully open but they do add some lovely colour to a grey day. 
Being short of time, this was quick and easy for me to do today. I don't know what the rose is. Any ideas?
Yellow roses don't usually mean good things in the Language of Flowers - jealousy, betrayal and infidelity are a few - so be careful who you give them too!

For plenty of colourful and creative vases visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden - In a vase on Monday. 

I've just had a lovely weekend away and chose the location on purpose so we could visit Forde Abbey on the way home. If you don't know it, it's near Chard in Somerset and it definitely worth a visit for any gardener. There are spectacular dahlias just now as well as a fabulous walled kitchen garden and plenty of trees, lakes, walks and beautiful borders. Plus restaurant and plant nursery, just to make it perfect. 
We'd just about done enough walking, as we walked miles the day before as well, when we came across this fantastic bit of meadow/flower planting. 
 We think what they had done was scraped off the turf and sown seeds in the grooves. There were plenty of flowers even though it is late September. 



 It was a mix of many different flowers.


This is one entrance. You could walk all the way in and round the circles. 

Here is my very rough drawing of the pattern.

I don't think I've got this quite right but it's a very clever design where you follow the paths round and eventually come out again at the other end. 
It was so very pretty, I'm glad we found it. I certainly like the idea of scraping away the turf in a small area and sowing a mix. I do love visiting gardens, you always pick up some sort of idea. 
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24 comments:

  1. Your vase certainly does say sunshine. That flowery labyrinth is delightful. What a fun path to walk.

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    1. It really was and I'm sure children love it.

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  2. Lovely yellow roses! And that flowery meadow is wonderful!!

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    1. Thank you, I knew you'd all appreciate seeing it.

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  3. The yellow roses look perfect displayed on their own, they don't need anything else. Thanks for showing the clever idea for a flowery path, it's lovely.

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    1. You are welcome, I'm sure it's an idea which could be use in many ways. Somewhat smaller perhaps too!

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  4. What a delectably pale yellow rose! I am aware I have rarely picked roses for my vases this year - my (yellow) Poet's Wife is still throwing up blooms so perhaps next week... I went to Forde Abbey in 1983, before I was as interested in gardens as I am now and couldn't understand why it was called an abbey but looked more like an old manor house - I have learned a lot since then and it has been on my mental list as a place to revisit for some time now. The meadow is wonderful!

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    1. I'd definitely recommend a visit. I went last August and wanted to go again but now I'd like to go in spring... The meadow is new since then.

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  5. Oh those circles of flowers are gorgeous.....and I adore yellow roses as they mean happiness. Lovely vase!

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  6. I love yellow roses, and a vase of buds then open roses side by side is perfect. Great you hear your weekend expedition was so enjoyable. Will you be planting a flower labyrinth in your meadow?

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    1. We'll certainly be thinking about doing something, maybe on a smaller scale! MrC is already looking up turf cutters. We do always seem to be cutting turf for one thing or another. I have plenty of seeds too.

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  7. Hello Alison, your yellow roses are gorgeous and the buds too - like the red tips. One of our yellow roses is still blooming but, like you, I don't know it's name as we inherited it with the garden, and it doesn't have red tipped buds either so probably not the same as yours. Love the wildflower meadow. Scraping out some grass to grow wildflowers seems such a good idea and one to pass on to the resident grass cutter, my husband. He might appreciate not having to mow so much lawn!

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    1. I think more flowers and less grass is always a good idea adn I'm sure he'll agree! More for vases too.

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  8. I love the flower labyrinth. It's a fun idea, provided that one has lots and lots of space. Your yellow roses are very pretty and what do the creators of the language of flowers know anyway?!

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    1. Yes lots of space is necessary but this is a very, very large house with acres of garden. Probably plenty of money and gardeners too.

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  9. Such a lovely rose. It is a bit like the David Austin rose 'Blythe Spirit. I love the wild flower labyrinth, what a lovely idea.

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    1. I'll have to do some research and see if I can find out what it is.

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  10. Lovely roses. The spiral walk looks like a pleasant treat.

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  11. Yellow roses have always been a favorite of mine as they seem to glow from within. This is certainly a beauty! What a lovely flower labyrinth. Oh to have space for something like that!

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    1. The roses smell good too as yellow flowers often do.

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  12. Oh that's a most pretty rose Alison - the raindrop glistening effect is a bonus. Forde Abbey sounds like a great place to visit. It's hard to believe those meadow flowers are looking so good so late in the year.

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  13. Beautiful roses and definitely quite cheering. The wildflower meadow labyrinth looks delightful. I walked a herb/medicinal plant one this summer at a lavender festival, but this one I like much better.

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