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Fresh young lotus - soon to bloom. As you have seen a few pictures earlier, the difference between all green and all over may be just a few weeks maximum.
If you want to enjoy the full beauty of a particular lotus field, then you have to visit that field at least every 2-3 days else you may miss the most beautiful blossom days.
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This photo shows same lotus field as previous picture 4 days later. Lotus blossom season is over. Leaves turn brown and die. New life arises fast. The small flowers are Swamp Cabbage or Chinese spinach, (in the Philippines Kangkong) - Ipomoea aquatica. A delicious vegetable frequently used in South East Asia. Now abundant in more and more flooded fields. Chinese spinach grows almost all year as long as it's wet - but now since a few days is blooming season.
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This year's Tatton soundtrack might have to include: It only happens when it rains, raindrops keep falling on my head, singing in the rain... I could go on, so please let me know if you have any less clichéd suggestions. But, there's no getting away from it, the weather for the build up has been truly appalling. It's been a challenge for the show organisers, garden designers, nursery folk and TV crews alike. High-vis jacket-wearing was extended the full duration of press day yesterday as conditions got muddier.
But against such odds, they have all delivered a fantastic flower show, sunshine bright with colour. And somehow, against the wet, slate-coloured skies, the plants of high summer seem all the more vibrant. From show gardens to nursery stands, the stars of the show are easily gem-like crocosmias in a glorious range of orange shades from tangerine to gold; flat heads of raspberry ripple achilleas are also stand out performers.
But my favourite plant combination today was the gorgeously delicate Agrostis nebulosa with Astrantia 'Roma' - a fuzzy cloud of bronze grass with jewel-like blooms just peeping through, unfazed by the downpours, raindrops glistening prettily as the sun re-emerged.
Camilla Phelps, Gardening Editor
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