Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?
~Henry Finck
Have you ever grown a plant for years only to have it slowly disappear, unnoticed perhaps, from your garden? I confess that though I keep a good record of what I have planted every season there’s a lot growing on in our yard. Through the years annual and perennial flowers have ceased to reseed or survive the winter, only their presence wasn’t missed as greatly as the open space they left was appreciated and so…
This past winter as I read through my old garden journals (always keep a journal) I was inspired to once again grow a few of the heirloom flowers that had once graced our gardens. My greatest desire was for old-fashioned poppies, my second favorite was ‘Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate’… after seeing the blooms on the latter I am in love all over again with this graceful cottage garden annual!
As I worked in the garden gathering seeds from beans and sweet peas I glanced up captivated. Our Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate currently stands at the edge of the vegetable garden fence and measures in at a height of nine feet. (Yes, the rich soil of the garden undoubtedly has encouraged this showy annual to aspire to great heights!) Kneeling down while working and glancing up to see the pink pendulous blossoms swinging in the breeze against the blue sky is a vision to behold.
Lesson learned. Always enjoy the here and now in the garden… it’s true you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. (I’m just happy it’s back!) Happy gardening!
i love this cottage style flower…never heard of it but love the name too. it is always fun to rediscover something again.
happy september.
What a pretty color!
Lisa, it did grow to amazing heights. What a pretty annual. You know, I’ve never grown that one. Loved seeing yours.~~Dee
Isn’t kiss me otgg the best? Even cooler than loves lies bleeding and a better name!
Wow. The combination of the red-violet and sky-blue color is really relaxing! It is like your lying down in a really wide and breezy field of flowers looking at the wide sky! Thanks for sharing this post. Now, I am inspired to make a poem for my blog!
Thank you, it is rather like having an olf friend drop by after a long absence. Fun!
It’s vivid alright! LOL! I really love the bright pink…
Thank you! I’m always delighted to share what’s growing in our garden…especially the old-time favorites.
I do like love lies bleeding and I’m growing it as well but the name is just awful! LOL! Kiss me otgg is much sweeter.
Thank you and I’m glad you’re inspired…I feel that way every time I wander out to the garden.