Monday 20th October - flowers

I cleared out a small vase this morning; it contained a few sprigs of lavender and a couple of chrysanthemums, the little flowers that get snipped from the stems when filling a tall vase. Two of the lavender sprigs had developed roots! So they needed to be potted right away. 

What to replace them with?

But what could I find to put in their place? Some bits of rosemary and a couple of sweet peas. My sweet peas only started flowering at the beginning of October. I'd given up on them. I love having a small vase of flowers on the kitchen windowsill. I wonder if the rosemary will root?

While I was out in the garden, during a break in all the rain today, I took a photograph of the fatsia flowers. The buds are opening;

creating creamy white pom-poms. It looks quite spectacular when each little stalk expands to make another pom-pom. I'll keep you posted. 

You might be able to make out the little metal birds fixed to the top of the fence. They are so sweet!