September Posy...

I was invited to spend a lovely evening with my friend Morny at the weekend, so made a little posy of autumnal colours from my garden to take with me. The Sedum is called Autumn Joy, you probably recognise the Michaelmas Daisy as one called September and the Japanese Anemone, one of the first flowers I remember as a child, is called September Charm. It grew in our neighbour's cottage garden when I was little and coincidentally this garden became Morny's many years later - although we never actually lived next door to each other. So there are memories woven into this humble little gift and how more seasonal could I get in this last week of the month!

As I have mentioned Michaelmas Daisies twice now I should, perhaps, say that the actual day is later this week on the 27th. It was traditionally a quarter day when tenants paid their rents and bills - I think I might prefer that idea to today when there seems to be a fresh brown envelope falling onto the door mat every morning. There is also an old English superstition that Blackberries shouldn't be picked after this date as the Archangel St Michael threw the devil out of heaven on this day and he fell to earth landing in a bramble patch, cursing the berries and leaving them unfit to eat. So get picking before Thursday or miss out for another year!

P.S I should also thank Morny for her penmanship, or should that be penwomanship, as her lovely handwriting appears on the bouquet cards photographed on www.englishbotanics.co.uk