Category Archives: The Seasons

In a Vase on Monday: Sugar Rush

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Cathy

With sugary colours in mind, centred on Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’, I was contemplating including a rogue wallflower which I think was from a batch grown from seed some years ago. I remembered growing ‘Sugar Rush Purple’ and possibly others from … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Wisteria in Bud!

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Cathy

The buds on our wisteria are swelling nicely and in profusion…but sadly I am not the only one who has noticed, as you can see from the photo above… The blame rests, I am pretty sure, on the chunky shoulders … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Cheery

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Cathy
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In a Vase on Monday: Five Elegant Ladies Drop in for Easter

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Cathy

Just as I knew daffodils would appear in a Monday vase a few weeks ago, it was equally inevitable that there would be tulips in my vase today now that their season is just beginning to kick off. So here … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sticks and Stones

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Cathy

When writing about the pink sticks in the garden on a recent Six on Saturday, I already had in mind a Monday vase with sticks of some sort, and here they are today. The sticks I have chosen are pink … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Pink Sticks and Purple Kings

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Cathy

As well as all the snowdrops and hellebores, I have added numerous other plants of winter interest in recent years, mostly as a result of what I have seen and read on other blogs, especially that of blogging friend and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Flags

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Cathy

Flags on flags with flags…or rather iris on paving slabs with a couple of Union Jack flags! If the ‘Tête-à-tête’ hadn’t been in flower for the first time last week and therefore automatically destined for Monday’s vase, these iris would … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Keen as Mustard

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Cathy

Narcissi are always not far behind snowdrops, hellebore and crocus, keen as mustard to remind us that spring is just around the corner. With the first ‘Tête-à-tête’ opening here this week, their appearance in a vase today was probably inevitable. … Continue reading →

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Six Saturday Smiles

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Cathy

We have continued with gloriously sunny days this week, albeit with the downside of frosts at night – it’s strange how one can almost forget, after the lower light levels of a winter season, the joys that a bright and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Measure for Measure

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Cathy

I was determined to have sprigs of my pink pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’, in a vase today, and ventured forth to find suitable accompaniments. Scorning the emerging blooms on Iris reticulata for being ‘too blue’, I chose different … Continue reading →

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