Category Archives: In a Vase on Monday

In a Vase on Monday: Last Chance Saloon

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Cathy

Having cut spent flowering stems from all the hellebores over the weekend, amassing a large trugful of them, rather than compost them all I decided to use several stems in today’s vase. Not only was it the last opportunity this … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday : A Splash of Blue and Some Curls

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Cathy

Averting my eyes from the tulips which were shouting “Pick me! Pick me!” as I walked past, I headed towards the bottom end of the garden to pick some of the marauding Spanish bluebells that have sneaked their way in … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Pretty (Pink) Pods

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Cathy

Technical issues will keep this post brief as a mammoth Windows ‘update’ and ‘cleaning’ of my laptop yesterday evening would have kept me up way past my bedtime otherwise! Perhaps inevitably, today’s vase contains tulips once again, although each week … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Strawberries n’ Cream

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Cathy

I was trying to avoid tulips for today’s IAVOM, as they could easily become a mainstay for many weeks; however, these creamy tulips were tucked out of the way where they mightn’t otherwise be seen and, like last week’s fiery … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: On Fire!

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Cathy

I promised you tulips today, but even I wasn’t expecting these ones, remnants from a previous planting in a pot now filled with Carex ‘Everillo’. I can remember buying some fiery tulips two or three years ago, but have no … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sieze the Day

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Cathy

Like many other countries, the UK ‘changed the clocks’ on Saturday night, in theory losing us an hour; for me, nowadays waking up increasingly earlier every day as the days lengthen, it doesn’t work like that as I just went … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Entangled

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Cathy

The double form of Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’ that I mentioned last week, properly named ‘Tête Bouclé’,  was still flowering when I came to create my vase yesterday, so all the good-looking blooms were cut for this purpose, reminding me that I … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Spotting Signs of Spring

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Cathy

As was clear from many Six on Saturday posts this weekend, spring is very much on its way in the UK and some other northern hemisphere gardens, so spotting signs of it is a doddle, with spring bulbs very much … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sunshine and Blue Skies

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Cathy

Sadly, there were neither blue skies nor sunshine yesterday, when I created this vase, and if I had checked the forecast when I first got up I would have searched for and picked blooms, popped them in a vase and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Measure for Measure

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Cathy

Like last week, I hadn’t a clue where to begin when I began my hunt for the contents of today’s IAVOM, but was prompted by the arabis shown on yesterday’s Six on Saturday, one clump of which grows close to … Continue reading →

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