Category Archives: grasses

Ina Vase on Monday: Meadowsweet

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Cathy

Have I managed to fool you into expecting a vase filled with the wildflower meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)?! Instead, however, we have a vase of cultivated cornflowers and grasses, standing on a piece of artificial turf. A sweet meadow (of sorts), … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Countrystyle

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Cathy

Yet another vase idea has been hijacked before it could be carried out, kicked into touch by the bedding fuchsias lifted from a trough yesterday as part of a mammoth effort to get all my tulips planted regardless of the … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Bad Hair Day

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Cathy
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Six on Saturday: Autumn Colours

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Cathy

Despite shorter days, increasingly cooler nights and the impending likelihood of the first frosts, the garden continues to provide a succession of ‘wow’ moments as autumn takes its brush and repaints it in its own choice of colours. The initial … Continue reading →

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Colour Me Beautiful…Addendum

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Cathy

I must apologise for the first Colour Me Beautiful post that was published a few days ago – it was written later in the day than I intended it to be and, logging the progress of tasks for my own … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: String Theory

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Cathy
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Wordless Wednesday: Tails

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Cathy
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Top May Blooms: a Recurring Theme

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Cathy

The wisteria may be a little half-hearted this year having suffered, I think, from the cold northerly winds we had in March, but elsewhere in the garden things are definitely hotting up – and with a recurring theme. Chloris of … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: More Bang for Your Buck

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Cathy

Concise and to the point sums up today’s Monday vase: ‘Red Georgette’ tulips, multi-headed and thus giving more bang for your buck, popped into the gifted vase that you have seen many times before and accompanied by a shapely and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Victoria and Susan Have No Secrets

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Cathy

The three plummy purple parrot tulips in this first vase of May are Victoria’s Secret and it is certainly no secret how gorgeous they are, and as they have reappeared for at least three years I am especially pleased to … Continue reading →

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