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Brunnera, Brunnera Betty Bowring, green and white. Winslow Hall, in a vase on Monday, May, polygonatum hybridum, Solomon's Seal
Hello Cathy. Here we are again, Monday. My vase this week is green and white, against a “skimming stone” coloured wall and arranged on a proper linen tea towel which came from a house sale at Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire. 
Featuring Solomon’s seal and Brunnera ‘Betty Bowring’ at least that is the variety I have noted down. The Brunnera came from a WI stall years ago and then a division from my last garden. A fresh green with tiny white flowers, it too likes a shady spot. 
The containers are a flask and my Japanese thumb pot which I purchased a couple of years ago at Darsham Nurseries, Suffolk.
I love Solomon’s Seal however the slugs and snails do too, so I am more than happy to take a few stems now, before they do. 
Polygonatum x hybridum
Arching stems with pendulum bell like flowers they seem to like my heavy clay soil.
I hope you enjoy your ‘extra’ day this weekend. Make time to look at Cathy’s blog, link above, to see some other Monday vases. Enjoy! D.
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That’s such an interesting container, Dorris – is it really a chemistry flask? what a useful shape for contents like this. Solomon’s Seal is such a pretty plant – until it gets nobbled, which it does here by sawfly, as regular as clockwork. I have tried taking it out but of course that is nigh on impossible! Your third photo is a little alarm as I thought your vase had fallen over…;) And a white brunnera? I shall be looking out for that as brunnera is such a pretty plant for both foliage and flowers. Thanks for sharing today, Dorris
It’s a chemistry flask not a vase at all. You spotted it Cathy. A legitimate purchase rather than a school girl souvenir!
That was my arty shot, do not be alarmed.
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Sawfly got my SS lst year – strange creatures.
I love the way you have put the two contrasting vases together.
Thanks Sandra . Hoping the sawfly flies off!
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I love polygonatum but mine always gets sawfly too with its revolting caterpillars. Still it’s looking good right now. I haven’t come across this white brunnera, how pretty.
Ghastly critters.
I love your Solomon’s Seals, too.
Such an interesting shape
How elegant the Solomon’s Seal are, I’ve never thought of picking them, but if they aren’t already finished I will definitely be using them in my next vase.
Oh good. It’s nice to share ideas
How strikingly simple. Each of the two would be fine on its own. False Solomon’s seal grows wild here, but is nothing like the real thing.
Well I had to look up false SS as not familiar with it. Similar but different
Hence ‘false’. I don’t know why, but it is one of those plants that enthusiasts of native species really like to find. It is certainly not rare here, and grows in places where I don’t want it.
Sounds annoying then
To me it is sometimes annnoying; but most people really like it. It is nice foliage.