Monday 24 June 2013

What is my small imposter !

I was walking round the garden just now, as you do, bit tired after a day at work, bit chilly due to the the gloom of the evening, bit lack lustre, and I was saying hello to the new arrivals.

I have been watching the rose buds with anticipation,waiting for them to open, and the winner of the prize for the first open English rose bloom goes to ... 'Geoff Hamilton'.


Robust, vigorous, healthy ... and open! Everything you could ask for in one plant!

There are some foxgloves I have grown from seed, they are a very soft pink, and the flowers are a good size.



Shrub rose 'Buff Beauty', with its head so full and heavy, I had to hold it up to take the photograph. It is still very wet after all the rain, so hopefully will hold its head up by itself as it dries out.


A very dark delphinium, with a lovely white 'eye', grown from seed a year or two ago.


The first flower to open, of the old Gallica rose 'Charles De Mills. One of the most beautiful roses. Not a repeat flowerer, and not strongly perfumed, to my nose, anyway.



Peony Sarah Bernhardt, valiantly trying not to bow down with the weight of the rain.

So, I was walking around, meeting and greeting when I spotted a small imposter ...


I must have chosen it, bought it, planted it and nurtured it, but I can't remember doing any of that ! I don't know what it is, or even where it came from. Can anyone help me out ? The only glimmer of sanity I have, is that I planted an assortment of summer bulbs in early Spring, and it could be one of those . It is very pretty, almost orchid-like in flower shape, and about 15cm tall. It is quite exciting to have a little stranger in our midst, after seeing all the old, familiar faces !

12 comments:

  1. Sorry, I don't know what your imposter is, but it is lovely. I have been missing seeing all your posts because your feed on my blog page is not working for some reason, so it keeps showing an old post from May and I thought you hadn't blogged since then. Have to catch up!

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    1. Hi Lyn, I wonder why it is not updating ! Nice to hear from you Lyn! I did have about a week of not blogging around mid-May when my first grandchild was born, but well and truly back in the saddle now !

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  2. Hello Jane! Oh wow! You have the loveliest blooms in town!! Although we can grow rose here, it is not an easy task to do so. Yours is gorgeous! And those foxgloves, they look really sweet. TQ for sharing. Cheers, Stephanie Btw the haze (smog) situation that we are facing here originates from burning of forest in Indonesia. We tend to stay indoor most of the time now.

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    1. How awful to stay indoors Stephanie. I have read about the situation, and hope it improves soon for you all.
      You may not find roses easy, but you can grow heaps of fabulous plants that I would love to grow !

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  3. The imposter is indeed very lovely. And all your other blooms are gorgeous. I need to have Delphiniums for my garden.

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    1. Thanks KL, I wish I knew what the imposter is !!

      Do get delphiniums, they are so easy and just beautiful !

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  4. The foxgloves here are threatening to choke out everything else. I just pulled out a bunch of them before they could set seed. I let them have their way last year and they carpet the ground in certain areas. Too much of a good thing is still too much.

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    1. Hi Ricki - when does a plant become a weed ! You can clearly ave too much of a good thing !

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  5. Taking a stroll around the garden is one of my favourite moments. Sorry I can't help out with the mystery plant either. Your roses are lovely. I especially like the 'Charles De Mills' rose.

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  6. I love Charles de Mills too! It isn't a repeat flowerer so its time in the limelight is very brief, but all the more lovely for that !

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  7. Could the mystery plant be an Iris of some sort? Whatever it is, I'm jealous! I want it! ;)

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  8. Hi Jane, another Jane here! Think your sweet imposter may be a Roscoea ~ purpurea (small form) possibly ~ http://plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/Roscoea.html. Hope that helps :) Nice blog ........ Jane :)x

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