Some Flowers

This is Pearly Everlasting Anaphasis margaritacea in one of the borders.  It was threatening to invade the lawn earlier in the year, but had its ambition trimmed by the rotary mower, and now seems to be putting its energies into flowering.  It's living up to its pearly name in this photo, taken in the evening after a damp and cloudy day. Like many white blooms, it seems to shine in the early twilight.

Sharing this bed is Crocosmia aurea, also called montbretia.  In previous year this has grown invasively, but not so much this year.  Coscosmia means smelling like saffron. Both this and saffron are members of the crocus sub-family and related to freesia.  Glen and I both liked freesia when we lived in our first house, I remember.

I went to a garden centre with K and G at the weekend.  I wanted a tall plant to complement the dark foliage of the low-growing bugle in two large pots.  The bugle looked quite sickly and mildewed in the spring, but has recovered well.  We found an ornamental grass, Pennisetum, Karley Rose, by name. It looks a little weedy at the moment, but I'm expecting great things from it.