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Category Archives: winter interest
Wordless Wednesday: Cadbury’s Purple
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, early spring, Gardening, Gardens, winter interest, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Crocus tommasinianus
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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
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Wordless Wednesday: Share the Joy
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, winter interest, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged hellebores
19 Comments
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
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, winter interest
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: What a Difference a Day Makes…
Well, a few days that is, as a short visit north to my Mum’s meant I didn’t see the garden for a little while and, my goodness, how it had changed when we got back! To other eyes the changes … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, winter interest
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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
Tagged flowers in a vase, hellebores
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Reflections
This isn’t quite the view that visitors to our garden on Sunday afternoon were met with, as an overcast day meant the single common snowdrops were still mostly not fully out, unlike today. However, from comments made to the Golfer, … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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Wordless Wednesday: Continental Arachnid?
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, Winter, winter interest, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged witch hazel
9 Comments
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
Rambling in the Garden 