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Tag Archives: dahlias
Pièce de Résistance…?
The weather has not been especially conducive to tasks in the garden this week. Temperatures have remained low, giving our first proper frost on Monday night which immediately put paid to the dahlias; fortunately I had brought the pelargoniums, fuchsias … Continue reading
Knock Knock
Defiant dahlias Poised and erect Vibrantly alive Hold their breath And wait. Pale sunshine Bathes Their anxious hearts But fails To warm, To quell Their fears Of sudden demise. Senses alert, Ears pricked, They wait For the inevitable, When Dr … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, Poetry
Tagged dahlias, frost, garden poetry
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In a Vase on Monday: Remnants
Although there is still plenty to pick from the garden for a vase, in many cases it may only be a single bloom at a time. It would be a shame not to take advantage of these remnants, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged dahlias, flowers in a vase, lavender 'Spanish Eyes', Salvia 'Neon', Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
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In a Vase on Monday: Not Only But Also
Just to show that there is more than just dahlias blooming in the garden, today’s vase avoids them altogether and in doing so seems to hark back to a completely different season. In passing though, clockwise from back left, the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged dahlias, Rose 'The Poet's Wife'
56 Comments
In a Vase on Monday: Star Attraction
With not one but THREE blooms appearing on my Nerine bowdenii ‘Isabel’, it was not a difficult decision to cut them for today’s star attraction in a vase. Having dug out all the struggling nerines a year ago and placed … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged dahlias, flowers in a vase, nerines, oca
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Wordless Wednesday: A Gem
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Dahlia 'Purple Gem', dahlias
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In a Vase on Monday: Jumping the Gun
Although perhaps an autumnal vase as befits today’s seasonal equinox, it was not quite what was originally intended. I have been ‘secretly’ watching the far corner of the cutting beds, where one of last year’s dismal dahlia failures had been … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged dahlias, flowers in a vase
40 Comments
Theatreland
Saturday matinée at Calke Abbey Auricula Theatre – the Georgian Revival of a great tragedy: ‘For Love of a Pelargonium’. However one feels about pelargoniums they certainly created a dramatic display, but the classic simplicity of auriculas in spring would … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Visiting gardens & days out, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged auricula theatre, Calke Abbey, dahlias, deer, pelargoiniums
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AWOL and Off the Straight and Narrow
I usefully spent time detangling these agate windchimes whilst drinking my mid morning cup of tea today. Instead of tinkling gently with every puff of wind even the slightest movement of air sounded like someone washing glasses after a very … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse
Tagged dahlias, Hemerocallis 'Mini Stella', thunbergia.
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Decline and Fall of a Dahlia
It’s a bit like the story of The Gingerbread Man – from the pride at the first appearance of a bud through the various stages of “Help! I am three quarters gone!”, “Help! I am half gone!” until eventually the … Continue reading
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