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Silent Sunday: variegated Yucca in flower

28 Sunday Oct 2018

Posted by digwithdorris in Silent Sunday

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architectural plants, container planting, grown by me, in flower, pot grown, Silent Sunday, Spanish dagger, the Chilterns, variegated yucca, yucca

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In a Vase on Monday: all buds, no duds

12 Monday Mar 2018

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all buds no duds, camellia, daffodils, grown by me, in a vase on Monday, March, Narcissus 'Tete a Tete', Surbiton, yellow

Many more years than I care to calculate, I lived in Surbiton. There was a chap outside the station with a flower stall catching those commuters who needed to buy a bunch of flowers on their way home. There are many reasons why people buy flowers, good and bad, and with my companion we used to like to speculate who was buying and why. My abiding memory of the stall was less about the flowers, more about the banter. His catch phrase was bellowed in unsuspecting commuters ears “all buds, no duds.” This amused me but then perhaps I am easily amused.

So sharing my vase with you today as part of Cathy and her meme, the Surbiton florist came to mind.

Lots of buds yet to open on this Tête-à-tête arrangement of bulbs. I love the simplicity of the container, these tiny little flowers need no adornment. Thanks daughter Dorris. 💛

On my desk, another bud, this time a fattening camellia bud, cut from the garden.

This was tightly shut last week when I cut it. Slowly the warmth of the house has encouraged the bud to swell. I hope that it will eventually open to reveal its surprise: this pink bud will be a predominately white double flower.

Hopefully this won’t be a dud rather a fully functioning bud.

Have a good week. Thank you for reading. D.

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In a Vase on Monday: collecting

05 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by digwithdorris in in a vase on Monday, Uncategorized

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crocus, crocus prins claus, grown by me, hellebore hybrid, Helleborus orientalis 'Harvington Hybrids', helleborus viri, in a vase on Monday, March, Primula vulgaris, Viburnum bodnantense dawn

Ding dong the snow has gone and Monday started out with so much promise, mild and bright.  Alas the rain came later and my garden which was already resembling swill is now ankle-deep in water in places.  Trying not to dwell on the damage that this will be doing to some plants, I have collected a rare few flowers to show you and readers of Cathys blog today.  Do try to pop over to see her lovely blog, you will be amazed with what you see in some other vases.

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Less ‘in a vase’, rather more ‘set out to dry’.

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Helleborus viridis

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Helleborus orientalis

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Crocus, Prins Claus

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Primula vulgaris

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Viburnum bodnantense Dawn

The forecast for the next few days, in my neck of the woods at least, is for rain and highs of 8 or 9 degrees, positively balmy after the last few days.  Hoping you have a good week. D.

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Silent Sunday: blue and white

11 Sunday Feb 2018

Posted by digwithdorris in Silent Sunday

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amaryllis, blue, cut flower, fabric hand woven in Mallorca, grown by me, Silent Sunday, Spanish blue glass water bottle, white

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