the queen

The tuberose is such a special flower for me, truly fascinating, and i have long wanted to witness her miracle other than buying it... But my plan to sit in the afternoon at the garden table, sipping my cup of green tea and getting lost in tuberose fragrance has been shattered by mosquitoes :) that's why i decided to cut it and bring it indoors, at least i can enjoy the fragrance there... but i left the second one in the garden, couldn't bring myself to cut them both...

imperial

it is impossible to show this plant in all its glory, it is beyond impressive - it is almost as tall as me, each 'blossom' is lilac-blue, they seem to float above the earth... I bought one bulb, on a whim, in a supermarket, i didn't even know what plant 'Eryngium' was supposed to be, last year it had only leaves (i didn't know it was biannual then, so I was disappointed, though the leaves were very pretyy, a rosette of leaves). and this year!!! i have followed it breathlessly, trying to imagine what shape it would take, I couldn't have imagined this!

i want to try to collect the seeds, i want more of it...

(Eryngium - scai vanat)

these were already in the garden when we moved, i can't find another better word than imperial... Yucca, in flower... (behind a small walnut tree which needs to be moved, if this can be done, this autumn)

both eryngium & yucca - snail proof!