COLESBOURNE PARK OPEN FOR NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME

The gardens at Colesbourne Park will be open for the NGS on Sunday 27 May, 1-5 pm - a rare opportunity to see the garden outside snowdrop time. See the NGS or Colesbourne websites for details.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Chrysanthemum 'Sarabor Lilac'




Chrysanthemum 'Sarabor Lilac' is one of the cultivars we grow in the polytunnel for late-season cut flowers: they are cursed for much of year for the amount of water they need, but their flowers are very welcome now. I'm not sure about the colour, but I do like watching the way the spidery flowers unfurl and mature, and how they catch the light in the window in lovely patterns of light and dark.

I can't confirm the name 'Sarabor Lilac' online, but it is possible that it has mutated in the past few years: a number of the labels are inscribed 'Samobor Lilac', obviously in subconscious thought of the Geranium phaeum of that name!
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1 comments:

  1. Splendid! they remind me of sea anemones.
    The colour is vibrant, just what we need on a miserable wet November day.

    I suppose they only grow under shelter?

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