Flowers in the wind

[puddleshark]

A very blustery morning, after last night's heavy rain. Blue sky, white cloud. Spent a pleasant hour failing to photograph hollyhocks, which were blowing about wildly in Holme Garden. Then did a quick tour round the nursery, where I failed to find any really interesting plants, and end up buying some geraniums.

I think the nursery has been trying to source as many plants as possibly from the UK this year, because the new border checks for plants imported from the EU have come into force, and things are (who would have guessed?) not running smoothly. But there doesn't seem to be anything like the normal range of choice this year - just lots of petunias and geraniums.



Around the gardens on a windy day:


Eryngium.



The large area of garden that in previous years was full of dahlias and cosmos has been changed into a kitchen garden this year. Only one bed of dahlias left.








Ammi majus.


Yarrow.

This year the gardener's new obsession seems to be finding varieties with undefined colours. Name that colour.


Erysimum?







And now I must plant some geraniums...

Comments

[heleninwales]

Ah, yes! Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving. :-(

You've done well with the flowers if it was windy.

[puddleshark]

Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving. :-(

Yes. Heaven help us. :-(

The hollyhocks were the most frustrating in that wind. Talk about a moving target!