I was envying all the scented Spring flowers that are flowering now in the Northern hemisphere, with the Calianthus finished the Autumn flowers are lovely but not so strongly scented. And then after 210 mm (8 inches) of rain in the last 2 weeks, up popped the newly planted ‘Grand Monarch’ narcissus and one or two others of the ‘Paper White’ type narcissi. These were only planted less than a month ago. Weird having Spring bulbs while the Dahlia and Salvia and Chrysanthemums are still going strong.
They go together well though, in a very simple arrangement with the one ‘Strawberry Hill’ rose, the lovely Osteospermum ‘Buttermilk’ and some foliage from the Escallonia ‘Gold Brian’, a shrub which has doubled in size in the wet weather this summer.
I am a day late for the Monday Vase, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
Absent Gardener 
Having had virtually no rain here for weeks and weeks I envy you the rain you’ve had. Amazing that your Narcissus have flowered so early – more or less when the northern hemisphere is still enjoying theirs!
I am always grateful for rain ever since the couple of years of droughts we had a few years ago. I hope you get some before summer starts.
In Auckland we have actually been short of water because the flooding caused trouble in the reservoirs, but no such problem at the beach.
A surprising mix of seasons. The do look well together!
Some of my daffodil bulbs have not even arrived for planting yet, so a surprise indeed. Luckily there are plenty which haven’t started to come up yet, or it would be a strange Spring.
I thought you had a new variety of fall blooming Narcissus. I really love those Mums.
Yes, well it seems that way. It will be interesting to see what happens next year.
A simply lovely mix of two seasons. I especially envy you the ‘Buttermilk’.
Thank you, I love Buttermilk too. I’ve just bought a new one, ‘Terracotta’, which is orange-ish.
Gosh, that’s quick! LIke Christina I envy you your rain, although she has had less in Italy than we have – although 8″ is a little OTT in a fortnight! No wonder you have seen such growth but what a mixed up autumn it will be for you. The buttermilk osteospermum links the white and yellow of the narcissi with the orange chrysanthemum and the green chrysanthemum would look good with anything probably! Thanks for sharing
Thanks Cathy, it’s certainly better to have more rain than too little. 🙂
Yes, I agree 🙂
Lovely vase – and so astonishing to see the gorgeous little green buttons of the chrysanths with narcissus!
Thanks Cathy 🙂