Tag Archives: Colchicum ‘Water Lily’

In a Vase on Monday: Test Tube Baby

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

Time and circumstances dictated that today’s vase should be just the bare necessities, which is what you have here in more ways than one. I love to see the pared-down simplicity of colchicum at this time of year, naked without … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Naked as the Day She Was Born

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Wordless Wednesday: Shameless

Posted on September 26, 2018 by
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Wordless Wednesday: Rise and Fall of the Water Lily

Posted on October 12, 2016 by
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In a Vase on Monday: Gilding Not Required

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

When there are still plenty of blooms available in the garden it can be difficult to resist the temptation to stuff a vase full of them, as I did last week. Sometimes, though, the simplicity of a beautiful flower stands … Continue reading →

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Holding a Torch

Posted on September 6, 2014 by

I am grateful to Anna of Green Tapestry for introducing me to tithonia or Mexican sunflower, this one being Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’ when she suggested last year it would be a useful contender for my bold borders. Up till then … Continue reading →

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Name, Not Nature

Posted on October 1, 2013 by

Water Lily by name, But not nature, She pushed her Chicory blanched spears Through almost barren ground, Their whiteness taking on A lilac hue, Suffusing through The virginal shoots Like ink on blotting paper Till all was coloured-in. Only then … Continue reading →

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Under a Bushel

Posted on September 23, 2013 by

Reading a post on Patient Gardener‘s blog a couple of weeks ago about the colchicum flowering in her garden prompted me to check on the progress of Colchicum ‘Water Lily’ in my own garden. It was a few days before … Continue reading →

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Questions and Answers

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

As I rambled this morning, and sat (yes, I did make time to sit) and admired, I found my mind inundated with lots of questions but only a few answers. For example, how quickly would the Clematis x jouiniana  ‘Praecox’ get out … Continue reading →

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