Saturday, 23 May 2009

Flowers and beans, May 22nd

The scrambling rose bush turns out to have lovely soft-pink flowers with a delicate spicy tea-rose scent. The mange-tout Golden Sweet peas are flowering, and oddly, have two colours - pink, and blue. The Masterpiece Longpod broad beans are making pods, can't wait for some of those to mature.
The white dianthus is one of various patterns and colours that I got in a mixed pack, from white, white & magenta, mottled pink, to hot hot dark pinky-red. Perhaps I should make an entry just for the pinks.





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  1. Kella24 May 2009 at 14:45

    I just noticed this post, what lovely mangtoute flowers mine are normally basic white, whats the name of the variety?

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  2. H24 May 2009 at 22:25

    Golden Sweet Yellow-Podded, from Realseeds.co.uk:
    http://www.realseeds.co.uk/peas.html

    I had no idea what the flowers would look like - a nice surprise. As is almost everything, so far. :)

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  3. Kella24 May 2009 at 23:10

    Thanks I'll put that on my wish list for next year as I prefer to grow mangtoute anyway.

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  4. H25 May 2009 at 00:13

    I may try those giant ones next year, they look rather impressive (on the same page at Realseeds).

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  5. Kella25 May 2009 at 09:07

    Oh dear, yes I think I'll have some of those too :)

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  6. H20 June 2009 at 17:35

    By the way, I was harvesting these Golden Sweet too soon, to start with. I was picking them when they were still flat, like supermarket mange tout. I've discovered they're much better if you let the peas fatten a bit - you do have to de-string the sides of the pod by then, but it's very easy - and you get a more succulent, crunchier result. :)

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