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In a Vase on Monday: Also-Rans

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

Today’s vase contains blooms I have not used in a vase this year, and in some cases never; not necessarily because they were not worthy of inclusion, more that they were overlooked for one reason or another…also-rans. It was the … Continue reading →

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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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In a Vase on Monday: Flaming Flowers That Brightly Blaze

Posted on September 7, 2020 by

There are so many variations of paintings of sunflowers by Van Gogh and I did not set out to recreate any of them, but they were certainly in my mind as I tried to arrange the wayward stems of my … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: My Candy Girl

Posted on August 31, 2020 by

Sugar, ah honey honey You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you I don’t think zinnias haven’t been the main feature of any of my Monday vases this year, so the sunflowers I had intended to use … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Miniaturist

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

Unlike last week, when I used a miniature prop to accompany my Monday vase, both vase and prop are miniatures this week. The vase is a tradesman’s sample of a Bretby Pottery jug, a mere 2½ inches or 6cms tall, … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Pencil Pot

Posted on July 27, 2020 by

I have been looking forward to using this vase for some time, as I will explain in due course. Into its shell-like interior I have placed Limonium ‘Purple Attraction’, ‘Rose Light’ and ‘Pink Pokers’, and clary ‘Pink Sundae’ and ‘Oxford … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Keep the Home Fires Burning

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

There are a number of bright sparks warming up the cutting beds at the moment and they have come together to burn brightly in today’s vase: Calendula ‘Indian Prince’ and ‘Snow Princess’, Zinnia ‘Orange King’ and ‘Benary Giant Mixed’, Rudbeckia … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: a Star in the Cosmos

Posted on July 13, 2020 by

Sidestepping the glorious dahlias, I went to the other end of the cutting beds and picked some cosmos for the first time this year. They have been flowering for a number of weeks already but only in ones or twos, … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Gaiety Club

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

Today I am celebrating the abundance of the cutting beds with the brightest dahlias and zinnias available, with a few others for support. David Howard is in there again, with Geoffrey Kent (red), Dorothy Rose (pink), Top Totty (purple, and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Glow Davy, Glow

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

I was waiting for more than just one bloom on Dahlia ‘David Howard’ before I used it in a vase: there is a small handful today so here he is and definitely glowing in a marmaladey sort of way. He … Continue reading →

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