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Category Archives: In a Vase on Monday
In a Vase on Monday: Gold Star
Having planned to pick stems of muscari for today’s vase, both title and prop were still missing but, as so often happens, it all fell into place. Joining the muscari were stems of unnamed pulmonaria, adding a different shade of … Continue reading
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In a Vase in Monday: Pirouette
I have shared this hellebore, H ‘Piroutte’, before, almost bemoaning the unnecessary quantity of blooms. I still stand by my assessment, but readily admit it makes for a striking plant, quickly clumping up to boost the number of blooms still … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Oriental
With a Chinese water buffalo and blooms of Japanese apricot Prunus mume ‘Beni Chidori’ I have had to make do with the more generic ”Oriental’ title, rather banal by the standards I set myself, but it will have to do. … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter, winter interest
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In a Vase on Monday: Spring is in the Air
I spoke on Saturday about the abundance of growth in the garden, and the emergence of blooms on the green spikes of ‘Tête-à-Tête’ seems, to me that is, to herald the build-up to spring. Plenty of sunshine in recent days, … Continue reading
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In a Vase on Monday: Getting Ahead
I know some of you will not thank me (I remember a previous post!) for today’s prop, but it was so appropriate for the vase, a Caithness Glass bonbon dish of hellebore heads. I have displayed hellebores this way before … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter, winter interest
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In a Vase on Monday: Elephant in the Room?
Today’s vase is teeny tiny, no more than three inches tall, but rather than a bland teeny title, I opted for something more provocative, as you will see. With our garden opening yesterday, when this post was written, I knew … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Fairy Tales
The Tulip Fairy on the cover of my copy of Cicely May Barker’s ‘Complete Book of the Flower Fairies’, the prop for today, looks as if she is just stepping down from it onto the stand holding the test tubes, … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, open gardens, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest
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In a Vase on Monday: Bottled
Saturday’s opening picture of witch hazel Hamamelis ‘Magic Fire’ growing through dark leaved Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’ was the starting point of today’s vase, as I noticed the pleasing contrast between them. They were joined by Sarcococca humilis, with a sprinkling … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter, winter interest
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In a Vase on Monday: Cut and Dried
With another night of negative temperatures yesterday and weak sunshine keeping daytime temperatures low, rather than venture outside for today’s vase, on impulse I decided to use some dried dahlias that have been hanging up in the kitchen since the … Continue reading
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter, winter interest
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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
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Rambling in the Garden 