In the garden, the development of this little silene has been incredibly exciting, however much it underwhelms the camera.
My normally sober-as-a-judge succulent garden is having a deliriously frothy moment this first week of May.
what’s on the table
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Frothy is entirely appropriate this time of year! I love your new-to-me night-scented Pelargonium. You’ll have to report back what happens with your Mangave ‘Kaleidoscope’ after it blooms. While my bloomed-out Mangave ‘Silver Fox’ didn’t die, it was a sad looking thing and I removed it, popping another Mangave pup in its place.
I knew it wouldn’t be dinner!
Deliriously frothy is good.
Oh that Silene is very striking -a genus I am very fond of I must say, and I’m down to 2 right now – a couple more were victims of the various hardscaping projects of the last couple if years. Did you grow this one from seed ? There’s nothing quite like that moment in spring when abundance is developing and nothing looks tired -I’m trying to be extra appreciative this year because I fear a hot crappy summer is on the horizon.
@Kris, I have a feeling my mangave will behave as yours did. And I do have another mangave to pop into its spot too!
@Hoov, dinner last night was….popcorn! It was very late…
@Kathy, the silene is from seed from Derry Watkins/Special Plants, biennial or short-lived perennial but it’s blooming its first year in the garden here. Yeah, I’m enjoying May too before we hunker down for the heat — hopefully not until July!
I love your description. Deliriously frothy. Perfect. That photograph of the table with flowers in the back and fore ground is superb.