Tag Archives: Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’

Wordless Wednesday: a New Dawn

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Cathy
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Wordless Wednesday: Seasonal Sillies

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Cathy
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In a Vase on Monday: A Winter Glow

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Cathy

I have recently agreed to give a talk to a garden group next year, something I have never done before and which I am quite looking forward to in a strange sort of way. The group is one that visited … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Dawn is Breaking

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Cathy

After the excitement of IAVOM’s fifth anniversary last week we are back to ‘normal’ today; it was lovely to see all the ‘not’ vases and great that everyone rose to the challenge in some way or another to celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Katherine, Dawn and Ivy Come to Tea

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Cathy

Another small scale contribution for IAVOM from me this week, Iris reticulata ‘Katharine Hodgkin’, Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ and a sprig of ivy, tucked into the teapot of an IKEA children’s teaset, laid out on a scrap of fabric left over … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Wake Up and Smell the…

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Cathy

…viburnum, the sarcococca and the lonicera! Suddenly the fragrances of these winter flowers are becoming evident, even though they have all been flowering for a few weeks. Many stems of Lonicera purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ are all but over, but the … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Take a Chance, Take a Chance, Take a Chance on Me

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Cathy

With more than half a dozen buds on Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ swelling nicely and following the success of other shrubby buds opening in vases, I decided to take a chance and try the camellia in today’s vase. This sprig with … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Tea and Two Sugars

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Cathy

Tea and two sugars: Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ and Lonicera standishii ‘Budapest’, both sweetly smelling and perfectly at home in this little teacup. I am grateful to both Julie and Dorris for demonstrating that buds of the former will open up … Continue reading →

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On the Wind

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Cathy

Abigail may have merely waved at us but Barney certainly shook our hand very firmly, leaving a few twiggy branches around and a couple of our neighbour’s fence panels down. Any residual breeze now carries with it the delightful scent … Continue reading →

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Raining on My Parade

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Cathy

Blue skies sucked me into a false sense of security today and I had applied two coats of ‘Wild Thyme’ to the verticals of the rose arbour and was even thinking I might get it ALL painted today when the … Continue reading →

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