This globeflower (Trollius chinensis ‘Golden Queen’) has been flaunting its gloriously sunny petals throughout a couple of weeks of unseasonably grey weather.
It has been a bright point to days that should have felt like the run up to summer. In combination with an orange geum (‘Rijnstroom’, photographed for this post) it has given a cistrusy zest to a new border that I’m building.
Actually, I don’t know if they’ll normally flower at the same time because I have just recently bought the globeflower from a nursery that keeps most of its plants in a large glasshouse. The extra warmth they get in there means that they can flower early. So I’ll just have to wait until next spring to see if the flowering of the globeflower will coincide with the geum.
Whether or not it flowers at the same time next year, I know I’ll be delighted to see it again. How could you do anything but smile, in response to such cheerfully golden flowers?
Ann Mackay: Inspired by Nature 
Wonderful! floral sunshine, blooming beauty 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Liz! it was the only sunshine we saw for a couple of weeks but that has changed now, thankfully. The sun is shining again and it’s warm – yippee! (And it’s a bank holiday weekend too – very unusual to get good weather for one of those.)
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a handsome flower that is. The “citrussy zest” to your border sounds wonderful…I manage something similar with a bohemian combination of dandelions and buttercups 🙂🙂.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think we can manage the dandelion and buttercup mix here too… 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Delightful golden globe flower, Ann! So very warm!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Indira! I need to take special care of this one because it likes a moister soil than the garden has. So there will have to be some careful watering – but worth it!
LikeLike
What a spectacular burst of colour after what has been a dull, cold and unseasonal May. Hopefully like the sudden bank holiday sunshine, these will continue to flower for you ☀️
LikeLiked by 1 person
I imagine that a border full of yellows and oranges would be a cheery sight – garden your own sunshine! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m sharing in your smile, Ann. What a gloriously cheery flower.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s great if blogging can make someone smile! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I agree.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I read the name at first as “Troilus,” as in Troilus and Cressida. Since Shakespeare’s connected to the Globe Theatre — well, let’s just say your Golden Globeflower raised all sorts of associations.
It surely is a pretty thing — as interesting structurally as it is colorful. I hope it behaves for you, and continues to brighten things up as the seasons pass!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Maybe the Globe Theatre should have its own flower!
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a gorgeous flower and a gorgeous capture of its beauty, Ann. I can picture a gallery somewhere with the walls lined with your high key portraits. They are wonderful.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Steve! Your lovely comment makes my day! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Running late this week! Love the beautiful orange colors – I can see why you planted this beauty. They look a little like an orange colored daffodil.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They have that lovely, bright and sunny colour – just what we needed when the weather was grey! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person