First cut flowers from the garden

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Lovely Peonies win. That saying about Dandelion is lovely, I haven't heard that before.
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My Peonies are just going over but were lovely,
Damask Rose's photo of the dandelions reminded me of the saying: the sun the moon and the stars for the 3 stages of this weed. I think it is very appropriate.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?😄

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.

Namsnanny

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

Ah thanks, got it.

Same here Maizie, but I live in t'mountains

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

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

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.

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

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.

Sorry Petunia = Peony,

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

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.
It's one of lifes pleasures to be able to gather foliage you don't grow in your own garden

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Sorry, dont know wjat happened there