It’s March and Becky from The Life Of B is hosting a new, month-long challenge. This month’s topic is spiky and the only real rule is that the main picture must be a square shape. Please join in if you’re feeling at all spiky!
March Spiky Squares: Bluebell Cottage Gardens
Susan Rushton 
Love echinops! Planted three last year but they didn’t grow very much, have noticed them starting to grow again now so I am hoping that this year they will flower!
My fingers are crossed!
Echinops! I’ve never heard of them! They’re real eye-catchers — what a blue! What’s the blue-lavender plant in the background that looks sort of like lavender but more like a fountain?
It’s fairy’s wand flower (angel’s fishing rod) – Dierama.
Thank you! What wonderful names — all new to me!
I just love these
It’s a lovely garden.
Is that what they’re called? Thanks for that and for the lovely image.
The ones in the foreground are echinops, but the echoing ones in the background are art.
Lovely
Thanks, Derrick.
Beautiful photo, and I never knew their name was echinops . . . third thing I have learnt this morning thanks to all this spikiness 😀
We have a month of education ahead of us! Thanks for hosting. I wanted to get one out day 1, to help with awareness, but it was a challenge. It’s not as easy as we might expect to crop spiky things square. I’ve ruled out quite a few because I liked them better narrow or wide!
Ooh that’s the problem I was having cropping spikes in squares, who knew!!!
We grew those as cut flower back in 1986. We also grew eryngium. Those two were no fun to handle.
I imagine not – it’s even worse if you’re wearing a flowing skirt! Roses are a bind too.
Well, if they were not blind, I would not likely wear a flowing skirt to work with them.
Probably wise 🙂 I tore all my favourite ones over the years.
Oh, roses are a ‘bind’. I did not read that right. oops.
I love your choice, a winning combination
Thank you!
Beautiful flowers! Your photo makes them look 3D!
I suppose they were! 🙂
Hahaha! Yes, I’m sure they were.