Sunday, 6 October 2013

Top of the cut flower pops

I realised that the entries to my Higgledy garden giveaway formed a kind of Top of the Pops of cut flowers, so here's this week's countdown:



A new entry at number 4: rather winsome, electric blue, ace in a glass of Pimms


.....it's Borage.

Number 3, just as beautiful after it's flowered


....Nigella.

Number 2, no real surprise, an old English meadow favourite


Cornflowers (pictured here with zingy wallflowers).

In the top spot, it's floaty, floofy, delicate, frondy-foliaged and keeps flowering for yonks:



.....Cosmos!

Thanks so much for all the lovely seedy entries. The giveaway winners are (drumroll)



vestachowmein




and Lucy Diamond. Congratulations!

19 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Well done to the lucky winners x

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  2. Congratulations to the lucky winners!!
    Cosmos is my favourite too!

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  3. Cosmos are definitely my number one as well. I love that you are using 'floofy' too - one of my most favourite words!
    Best wishes
    Ellie

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  4. Congratulations to the winners. Very interesting to see the top flowers. Best wishes, Pj x

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  5. Congratulations to those lucky winners, and many thanks, Emma, for these additional close up views of some terrifically beautiful flowers.

    Isn't nature just amazing!

    xo

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  6. Your flower photos are awesome. Jacqui x

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  7. Well done winners!
    I must sow my cosmos seed next year (missed the boat this summer)
    I have such an embarrassingly huge stash of Mr H's seed packets that I daren't enter your prize giveaway in case I won more.
    But I would've voted for Cornflower Black Ball, Calendulas and Ammi.
    xx

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  8. Well done to your lucky winners. Those are my top 4 flowers too.

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  9. Congratulations to the lucky winners! Really love the flower count down! Especially love the cornflowers :) safxxx

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  10. Congratulations to the winners! Cosmos and cornflowers - perfect! And I failed to sow either this year for some reason. Must do better next year! Lucy x

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  11. Lovely flowers all. Cosmos IS hard to beat. Congrats to the winners! :)

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  12. Oh wow Emma -- what beautiful flowers!

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  13. borage. why have I never grown thee.

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  14. Love the posts. Your pictures are brilliant.I will call again, feel free to visit me in the orchard. Sarah x

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  15. Well done to those lucky winners! I love your top four - had the ToTP music going in my head the whole time :)

    xx

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  17. WELL DONEEEE! Lovely post about flowers.
    Love the photos.


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