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In a Vase on Monday: Winterest and Boxes

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Cathy

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 →

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In a Vase on Monday: Chicken Soup in Torquay

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Cathy

Now there’s a title to keep you guessing! I had seen this garden escapee, Vinca major or greater periwinkle, growing in a local verge on recent walks, and planned to incorporate it in my next Monday vase. Once picked, with … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Les Parfumiers

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Cathy

With minimal blooms available to fill a January vase, it was not a difficult choice to cut three of the seasons most scented blooms to grace us with the presence on IAVOM today. The Hamamelis x intermedia witch hazels generally … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: of the Orient

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Cathy

I am fairly sure I have used this combination or something similar before, but being about to prune ‘Parkdirektor Riggers’ from which the rosehips came, I couldn’t resist. So we have three rosehips with their crown-like sepals in three mini … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Geode

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Cathy

It is a few weeks since any of the fantasy chrysanthemums from the Coop were picked for a vase or posy, but as you may have seen from my last post they are both still in bloom; however, the flowers … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: All Wells

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Cathy

In hindsight, a Monday vase with a seasonal content might have been more appropriate today, but to be honest it still seems somewhat far-fetched that it is Christmas on Friday, a mere 4 days away, and it didn’t even occur … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Winter Warmth

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Cathy

Yesterday promised to be thoroughly grey and damp and, having already taken advantage of a break in the rain for a walk, the clouds lowered, the sky blackened and any hope of remaining dry whilst foraging for flowers for today’s … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Rud Not To

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Cathy

I don’t know when ‘it would be rude not to’ first entered common parlance, but it now seems to be in many people’s vocabulary, just like the ‘been there, done that, got the T shirt’ phrase. No T shirts were … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Cold Stone Tea

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Cathy

There are still some very fine blooms on the fantasy chrysanthemums in the Coop, but something different was called for this week, gleaned from leaner borders. I say different, but it still involves chrysanthemums, this time of the hardy variety … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Spider’s Touch

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Cathy

The spider’s touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. Alexander Pope ‘An Essay on Man’, 1733 You may have guessed from recent posts that after featuring my other fantasy chrysanthemum In a Vase on … Continue reading →

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