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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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In a Vase on Monday: Bright Eyes

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

Today’s vase started with two large red grown-from-seed dahlia blooms, with their bright yellow eyes, and was developed around the theme of ‘bright’, but when it came to arranging them they dominated the rest of the blooms because of their … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: a Tussie Mussie and a Promise

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

A tussie-mussie or nosegay is a small posy, typically given as a gift and the concept has existed in some form since at least medieval times when they were carried or worn around the head or bodice. When I picked … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Carnival

Posted on June 8, 2020 by

If there hadn’t been those spikes of aconitum to deal with last week, there would have been a vase of antirrhinum instead, so they were the first port of call this week with other blooms being added as an idea … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Murder Mystery

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

It was the butler wot did it, Guv – in the library, with the candlestick… I couldn’t resist the murder mystery focus for this week’s vase, and I know when I last used this doll’s skull (dug up some years … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sweet

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

These sweet peas are indeed sweet, both by the traditional definition of ‘sweet’ and its modern meaning, ‘awesome’ or something along those lines. An early variety bred to grow in lower light levels, ‘Winter Sunshine’ was introduced to me by … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Jewels and the Crown

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

It’s good to use something different in my Monday vases, and today I have snipped stems from Ixia ‘Panorama’, also known as African corn lilies, a half hardy tender bulb that has been overwintered in a pot in the greenhouse. … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Slightly Sultry

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

Again I dithered; it would be so easy to cut tulips again, but then there was the cow parsley and that white lilac garden escapee I had been admiring on our walks – and the many other contenders in the … Continue reading →

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