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In a Vase on Monday: What Goes Around…

…comes around, and on Friday friends came around for lunch, bringing a nice bottle of wine and a pretty posy of flowers from their garden – so far, so to be expected. Apart from the sedum, though, all the flowers … Continue reading

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In a Vase on Monday: All Things Bright and Beautiful

I have been itching to include Zinnia ‘Purple Prince’ and Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’ in a vase, ever since they showed their first hint of colour at the beginning 0f September. Finding two new flowers on the dwarf sunflower ‘Topolino’ decided … Continue reading

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In a Vase on Monday: the Sweet Shop

There was no fixed plan for today’s vase – it could have been big and blousey or small and sweet and perhaps the end result is somewhere in between. The starting point was the hydrangea, three young heads from this … Continue reading

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