These pink dandelions are SO pretty – I love them
and don’t you think they look just right with the chartreuse green of Lady’s Mantle
They are the colour of Rose Quartz and shell pink
I am completely in love!
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Gorgeous!
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I agree. They are really pretty! Did you grow them from seed? I‘d love to try that. 😃
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Yes, I did. I was given the seed. I would send you some, but I don’t think that’s allowed is it?
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Thank you, but I don‘t think they are allowed either. 🙁 I sent my Mum some sunflower seeds once and they never arrived…. a shame! xx
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Those pink dandelions are incredibly sweet. I checked my local garden guide and found the genus isn’t even listed, which makes it unlikely that the plant can be grown here. All the references I see come out of Europe so I will have make do with enjoying your plants from a distance.
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That’s a real shame. Do you have the common dandelion growing in your part of the world?
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The pink dandelions really are delicate and gorgeous. You’ve presented them beautifully.
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Thank you Susie. They are a joy to behold!
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Beautiful combination
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I didn’t know there was such a thing! I see in the comments they are domesticated, I could fall in love with those very easily. 😊
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They were new to me last year – I am so thrilled with them.
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Beautiful arrangement! It would make a great color way.
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Yes, you are so right!
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Beautiful arrangement and photos of it. 😀
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Thank you Cee.
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My goodness – don’t they look different again with the alchemilla?! An inspired combination, Sandra
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Thank you Cathy. They are so pretty – I hope they seed themselves, but just in case I will save seed for next year.
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Good idea – and it’s good to know it’s easy to collect viable seed
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Oh these are just so pretty, love them!
I too was told not to pick dandelions or I’d wet the bed! Nonsense!
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The sap does stain doesn’t it – maybe Mum’s told these dastardly tales because they did not want daughters with grubby hands.
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Expect so
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A lovely vase…Do your pink dandelions close at night? I have a perennial Crepis Incana which has similar heads but with a branching structure to the stems.
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Yes, they do close up when the light fades. I just looked up Crepis Incana, they look very similar, but yours is perennial …. hmmm … interesting.
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These are so lovely, Sandra. I can see why they’ve stolen your heart!
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They have a delicate fairy-like quality. 🙂
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Pink dandelions!! Never heard of them. They are lovely. Like the blue backdrop in the some of the pictures.
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I hadn’t heard of them either until last year when Cathy showed them on Rambling in the Garden. They are so pretty.
The backdrop is one of my painted canvases, 1 metre square. It has never made it the wall as it makes such a good backdrop for crocheted projects and vases.
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A terrific backdrop!
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Ohhhh, so pretty. I would not have known they were dandelions if you hadn’t said. I need to see if I can find some of them. Are they hardy to just certain areas? Did you find them at your garden center or have to order them?
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A blogging friend was kind enough to send me some seed – are you in the UK? If so, I will send you some seed when the time comes.
I am told they are annuals. I am in the south of England and they seem happy here. It is the first year I have grown them.
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Wow, those are pretty pink dandelions and the Lady’s Mantle is perfect..New to me!
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I have never heard of pink dandelions before! I have loads of yellow ones in the garden and actually think they look rather cheerful in spring. The pink ones are lovely and you are right about the green of the lady’s mantle
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This is what I love most about ‘In a Vase n Monday’, I learn so much. I hadn’t heard of Pink Dandelions until last year when Cathy of Rambling in the Garden, showed hers. They are a truly delightful discovery.
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Very pretty. I always love yellow dandelions unless they are in my garden! Are the pink ones just as rampant? And I didn’t know they were a diuretic though I did know you could eat the leaves. I may even have done so once when they used to inhabit the gaps in the paving before I had it redone.
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I love dandelions too, and have always thought that if they weren’t such a prolific weed we would want them in our gardens. I am told the pink ones are annuals, so they shouldn’t be so rampant as their wild cousins. I wouldn’t want to eat the leaves of the pink ones – they are a bit hairy and taste truly disgusting!
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In French dandelions are called ‘Pissenlit’ and as ‘lit’ is the word for ‘bed’ I think they have the same idea 🤣
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I had no idea!
Although I presume my sheets will stay dry so long as I don’t eat them?! 🙂
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They’re gorgeous. Do they still make you wet the bed though?
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HaHa! What????
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Sad to say that was my thought too! Dandelion stems produce a white ooze said to be a diaretic if that’s how you spell it- as Tialys said makes you pee.
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I didn’t know that – blogging is an education – that’s for sure! 🙂
I don’t intend eating them, so hopefully I should be ok.
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