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In a Vase on Monday: Fringe Benefits
It is increasingly recognised that gardening has a positive impact on our well-being, bringing both physical and mental benefits, but what about the entertainment value? Who needs access to hundreds of television channels (or perhaps even a television at all) … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Spring
Tagged flowers in a vase, tulips
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In a Vase on Monday: Spring Medley
Today’s vase is filled with a medley of some of spring’s finest blooms and foliage: Tulip ‘Purple Flag’, Narcissus ‘Bridal Crown’, faded Hellebore ‘Harvington Double Lime’, Leucojum ‘Gravetye Giant’, cowslip, bluebell, anonymous wallflower and appleblossom, with fresh new foliage of … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: News of the Blues
It would be easy to think there was more blue around in the spring garden than at other times of the year, with muscari, forget-me-not, hyacinth, pulmonaria, brunnera, Anemone blanda and the like, with bluebells and aquilegia poised to join … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, seed sowing, Spring
Tagged flowers in a vase, the Blues
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In a Vase on Monday: Sugar Rush
With sugary colours in mind, centred on Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’, I was contemplating including a rogue wallflower which I think was from a batch grown from seed some years ago. I remembered growing ‘Sugar Rush Purple’ and possibly others from … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Five Elegant Ladies Drop in for Easter
Just as I knew daffodils would appear in a Monday vase a few weeks ago, it was equally inevitable that there would be tulips in my vase today now that their season is just beginning to kick off. So here … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Spring
Tagged flowers in a vase, orbs, tulips
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In a Vase on Monday: a Little Love
Still reeling from the abundance of March blooms, it took me longer than usual to choose from amongst them for IAVOM. There were a number of options for teeny vases, but I was hoping for something bigger this week and … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Sticks and Stones
When writing about the pink sticks in the garden on a recent Six on Saturday, I already had in mind a Monday vase with sticks of some sort, and here they are today. The sticks I have chosen are pink … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Teeny-Weeny
The first Anemone blanda are opening, and as blue is always such a welcome sight in the garden I have picked a few buds for today’s vase and popped them into a stoneware inkwell, along with almost perpetually flowering comfrey … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Keen as Mustard
Narcissi are always not far behind snowdrops, hellebore and crocus, keen as mustard to remind us that spring is just around the corner. With the first ‘Tête-à-tête’ opening here this week, their appearance in a vase today was probably inevitable. … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase, Narcissus Tête-à-Tête
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In a Vase on Monday: Winterest and Boxes
I was writing an email this week and referring to the winter interest in our garden when I realised my fingers (the 4 or 5 I use on a keyboard) had got ahead of themselves and written ‘winterest’ instead. I … Continue reading
