I was thinking of a pink bunch ....

... as I still haven't cut  the abundant and wonderful coneflowers (Echinacea Purpurea) that are doing so well in the flower border. 

Some new buds also have appeared on my Queen of Sweden rosebushes and there are still some fragrant carnations that have a wonderful old pink colour. Together it should make a lovely bunch of flowers. 

However, when I started picking this morning, the pull of the red and yellow flowers was just too strong. I just had to pick these Heleniums. They are from a sowing last year, Helenium Helena mixed. They grow quite tall multi-branched flowers stems, over one meter, and they are intriguingly beautiful. 

Last week I already picked some Potentilla Monarch's Velvet. It is wonderful border plant and as I found out last week, also great in a bouquet.  It doesn't have large flowers, but acts like a foliage plant with strong red dots. Here is a picture of it in the border in front of the white Hydrangea Annabelle. 

A few plants of Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy have survived this winter and they are already in flower! This is sold as a half hardy annual, but obviously it can handle mild wintery weather. 

I then added some red carnations, hypernicum and rose "Fellowship" and was happy. Pink just has to wait!