Still going strong

I bought this tub of flowers just before Mother's Day and it has been through a lot since then. There have been snow showers, in fact I don't think it has actually rained very much this month. There has been a biting east wind which cuts right through you. It is what older members of my family called "a lazy wind" ie it does not go round you but straight through.

Yet the flowers have continued to bloom and add much needed colour to the garden. They should keep going till the autumn. Can flowers be awarded a long service medal.