Category Archives: Winter

Wordless Wednesday: Glow Harry, Glow!

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Cathy

Posted in Gardening, Gardens, Winter, winter interest, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged witch hazel | 7 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: Cut and Dried

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Cathy

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 | Tagged dried flowers, flowers in a vase | 35 Comments

Six on Saturday: Timetables

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Cathy

With only 3 weeks to go till we open the garden for ‘snowdrops, witch hazels, hellebores and other plants of winter interest’, it is still far from clear what plants of winter interest will be in flower by then. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, greenhouse, open gardens, plants in pots, Six on Saturday, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest | 30 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Just a Little Light Dusting

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Cathy

Posted in garden structure, Gardens, snow, Winter, Wordless Wednesday | 6 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: Wintersweet

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Cathy

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 | Tagged flowers in a vase | 23 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Seeing the Light

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Cathy

Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, seasonal tasks, Winter, winter interest | Tagged forced hyacinths | 4 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: Fiery

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Cathy

This week’s surprise appearance of a fully clothed ‘Jelena’, seemingly triggered by several days of relatively mild temperatures, has encouraged me to cut a generous number of stems (albeit low-growing or crisscrossing) for today’s vase. This is one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter, winter interest | Tagged flowers in a vase, witch hazels | 29 Comments

End of Month View and Another Year Over

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Cathy

So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Month View, Gardening, Gardens, Winter, winter interest | 19 Comments

Six on Saturday: Labour Bears Fruit

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Cathy

With Christmas ‘out of the way’ and rather milder and drier weather, I have easily spent more hours in the garden this last week than in the whole of the rest of December put together, systematically ticking off a number … Continue reading →