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Tag Archives: cosmos
In a Vase on Monday: What Goes Around…
…comes around, and on Friday friends came around for lunch, bringing a nice bottle of wine and a pretty posy of flowers from their garden – so far, so to be expected. Apart from the sedum, though, all the flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, rain
Tagged cosmos, flowers in a vase, limonium, meditation, sedum
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In a Vase on Monday: Daisy, Daisy
The generosity of Cosmos ‘Dazzler’ and Anemone japonica (probably ‘Honorine Jobert’) are at the heart of this vase, hence the ‘Daisy, Daisy’ of the title; plans for using the prop of a card reproducing a vintage bicycle advert were scotched … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged cosmos, flowers in a vase, Japanese anemone
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In a Vase on Monday: Just in Case
Knowing we would be in Edinburgh today for our now annual meeting-up of family and, just in case I wasn’t able to ‘beg, borrow or steal’ any blooms for a vase while was away, when I put together a little … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Pinky, Perky and Perkier
In complete contrast to last week, today we have an unashamedly sugary pink confection, with blooms as Pinky and Perky as they come. The blooms were collected in an aluminium bucket and looked so at home there that after trimming … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged amaranthus, antirrhinum, clary sage, cosmos, dahlia, flowers in a vase, Japanese anemone, knautia, zinnia
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In a Vase on Monday: the Sweet Shop
There was no fixed plan for today’s vase – it could have been big and blousey or small and sweet and perhaps the end result is somewhere in between. The starting point was the hydrangea, three young heads from this … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged cosmos, everlasting sweet pea, flowers in a vase, hydrangea, orlaya, sedum, sweet pea
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