Garden Flowers

Post by **merry** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:40 pm

Last year out on one of my evening walks I passed a crate of bare corms with a note 'Help yourself!'

Well, I love a freebie!

They were quite large corms the size of huge onions and I didn't have a bag with me, so I could only manage four.

They looked dry and dead all through the winter, then produced some tall green leaves in spring, and flowered this month. A beautiful surprise! they are lovely!

I google-lensed my photograph of them and apparently they are 'Montbretia', which I'd never heard of.. The RHS informs me it 'can become a nuisance in some gardens if uncontrolled' - well, mine is planted in supermarket crates (my planters of choice these days!) - let's see if the bugger manages to escape from there!

The purple one is an aster and the yellow flowers are lovely dandelions I couldn't resist for their colour.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:51 pm

Well done Merry for taking up a super freebie!

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:12 pm

Merry, these are absolutely lovely! So colourful!

And what a nice surprise!!!

Post by **merry** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:33 pm

Thank you! They made me happy yesterday.

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:00 am

Why are they in a wine glass.

Post by **merry** » Sat Aug 05, 2023 9:28 am

It's actually a tall beer glass. It was the only thing i could find that was tall enough but not too wide.