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Category Archives: grasses
In a Vase on Monday: Wintersweet
Although there is no wintersweet in today’s vase, it is nevertheless filled with a number of other sweet things of winter interest and beyond. I should however, try and find a spot for this fragrant shrub, Chimonanthus praecox, to further … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, grasses, greenhouse, In a Vase on Monday, shrubs, Winter, winter interest
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: Ticking Off the Jobs
This week I seem to have had more time available to get on with autumnal tasks, and despite an unwritten list there have still been all sorts of things ticked off it, ranging from washing pots and making more chutney, … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, greenhouse, houseplants, Six on Saturday
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In a Vase on Monday: Bishops and Chiefs
I was lacking inspiration for a title for today’s vase on Monday, and came up with the lame ‘Red, Red Wine’ because of the deep red of the dahlias and the availability of a prop, a fridge magnet with teeny … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase
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In a Vase on Monday: Froth
It occurred to me recently that there were a number of things in the garden that just got with things without making a fuss – and without ever appearing in a vase on Monday either – and all the contents … Continue reading
Posted in clematis, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Out to Grass
Over the last few days I have been digging out the contents of one of the Bold Borders, emptying it in preparation for its new guise as a grass border and buying the new contents to fill it, mostly from … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, grasses, projects
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Six on Saturday: In One Fell Swoop…
… the character of the woodland has been destroyed… Our neighbour on the hedge side came to the door a week or so ago to say they were planning on replacing part of the hedge at the bottom end of … Continue reading
Posted in boundaries, early spring, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, pruning, seed sowing, Six on Saturday, snowdrops, woodland
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In a Vase on Monday: Tufty
I have so enjoyed the bright green carex in last week’s vase, still looking just as vibrant seven days later, that I decided to continue the grassy theme today. Instead of cutting a grass this week though, I dug up … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Home is Where the Heart Is
Today’s vase was inspired by the heart-shaped pebble found when I was bagging up the cobbles previously used around the base of the roses on the paved area to deter weeds, but recently lifted and washed. Notwithstanding its unusual shape, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, grasses, In a Vase on Monday, winter interest
Tagged flowers in a vase
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A Few Things on Sunday
I seem to have been playing catch-up or catch-forward a lot recently, with several posts scheduled ahead and concentrated blitzing of replying to comments when time allowed, and I apologise for my overall neglect of blogging friends and their blogs. … Continue reading
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, greenhouse, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest
Tagged early sweet peas, greenhouse bubblewrap, winter storage of dahlias
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In a Vase on Monday: Airy Fairy
No doubt I have used this title before in a previous post, but it suited the lighter and more delicate stems of the contents of this Monday’s vase, a contrast to the chunkier and more dominant dahlias and zinnias that … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, greenhouse, herbaceous perennials, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Rambling in the Garden 