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Category Archives: The Seasons
Ina Vase on Monday: Glad All Over
I’m feelin’ (boom boom) glad all over Yes, I’m-a (boom boom) glad all over Baby, I’m (boom boom) glad all over So glad you’re mine from ‘Glad All Over’, Dave Clark Five 1964 ( boom boom representing the base beat) … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Summer
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: In the Mix
As is so often the case, it’s very much a mixed bag for Six on Saturday today, the meme hosted by genial Jon The Propagator, starting with the now naked witch hazel Hamamelis ‘Strawberries and Cream’. It’s not the only … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, Six on Saturday, Summer
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Six on Saturday: Airing Our Dirty Linen
It must be over 20 years since we had any washing strung up in the garden, although I can assure you it was not dirty linen we were airing in public today. With an always-on gas Aga in the kitchen … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, drought, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, Summer
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Wordless Wednesday: Style Moderne
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Summer, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Dahlia 'Art Deco'
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In a Vase on Monday: Cool
The UK is in the throes of what some might describe as ‘a heatwave’, with temperatures here in the Midlands in the high 20s yesterday, nudging 30°C, with much the same for the next two days, or even hotter; the … Continue reading
End of Month View: Indulgence…
It was only yesterday that I realised how close it was to the end of the month – my mind clearly hasn’t been thinking beyond the dates of our garden openings, so we are fortunate to still have timely photographs … Continue reading
Posted in End of Month View, Gardening, Gardens, Summer
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In a Vase on Monday: Tea, Anyone? Cake?
With our second open garden afternoon yesterday, I knew I would not be able to squeeze in the creation of a vase for today’s IAVOM, but had the presence of mind to take a few photographs of one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, open gardens, Summer
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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In a Vase on Monday: Taking Liberties, With Black Stockings
Today’s vase just fell into place, including the title! These antirrhinum were ripe for an airing today, picked from an unexpectedly overwintered plant that has grown into a sturdy and attractive plant. Sown last year, they didn’t do especially well … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Spring
Tagged Antirrhinum 'Liberty Classic', flowers in a vase
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In a Vase on Monday: Canny
Unlike elsewhere, lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) has not become an entrenched and borderline nuisance here; quite the opposite, it has not been easy to establish, but now I finally have a few (just a few) plants that have actually flowered this … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Some Combinations
As the garden continues to burgeon and more plants start flowering some pleasing combinations have been appearing, like the combination of aquilegia (Green Apples), astrantia (Star of Beauty) and allium that I have enjoyed in previous years, although it’s not … Continue reading
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