Our vegetable gardens live in our front yard because that's where the sun is. It's also where the self seeding cerinthe grows, much of it with wild abandon in the gravel paths or in the margins of the gravel paths to the beds. I love it. The blue and purple hues of the leaves outshine the blooms, and their pendulous nods are such pretty form. But combine them with purple cabbage and you have a favorite combination seen in our garden right now....
There's a backdrop there of bronze fennel that helps with the drama, and a row of romanesco cauliflower that will soon sport strange lime green cones within this sea of purple. For now, the cerinthe is blooming like crazy and the colors of our cool spring are glowing.
3 comments:
Love it! Cerinthe makes everything look better.
Wow, I've never heard of Cerinthe. They are gorgeous! The foliage looks almost iridescent.
What a combo...better than the sum of its parts, and that's saying something.
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