Category Archives: early spring

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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