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In a vase on Monday: Listen carefully

25 Monday Jan 2016

Posted by digwithdorris in in a vase on Monday, Uncategorized

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blue jug, blue Roberts Radio, hedera helix, Helleborus orientalis 'Harvington Hybrids', in a vase on Monday, ivy, pulmonaria officianalis

January has thrown all weathers at us: minus 5 degrees last week and 12.5 degrees today.  There has been wind, rain, snow and ice and now we seem  to be about to get another round of rainy weather.  Exhausting.  What’s a girl to wear? I find myself tuning in to the weather forecast each and every day.

The poor plants are as baffled as we are.  Snowdrops and daffodils are in flower. Hellebores are blooming, roses are beginning to shoot.  In London yesterday I noticed Magnolias in flower.

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Yet what to choose for Cathy’s In a vase on Monday?  Well I have decided to make the most of the Hellebores, mixing two small blooms with the tiny pink Pulmonaria.

blue jug and small garden flowers

I have wound a long strand of Ivy to hold the stems together and to enjoy the scale of the ivy leaves with the flowers.  Placed in the small blue jug from the Isle of White, an engagement gift many years ago, the blue jug seems to hint at the blue tones in the Hellebores.   Positioned next to the radio, the flowers are ready perhaps to hear the all important forecast.

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Shots of the garden taken this month.

frozen windfalls

frozen windfalls

 

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A smattering of snow.

Verbena bonariensis with frost

Verbena bonariensis with frost

Frozen puddles

Frozen puddles

Take a look at Cathys blog https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2016/1/25/in-a-vase-on-monday-in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king

Whether the weather be fine, whether the weather be not, enjoy your week.

 

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It’s in a vase

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by digwithdorris in in a vase on Monday

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Grape hyacinth, In a vase, Muscari, Narcissus 'Tete a Tete', Primula denticulata, Primula veris, Primula vulgaris, pulmonaria officianalis, turquoise milk glass

Too late to be in a vase on Monday.  I have received some lovely comments from friends about the vase efforts.  Thank you for your encouragement, Liz, Jo and Nicola and here is today’s vase:  

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Today’s vase is a simple collection of Spring taken from the garden and plonked in the turquoise milk glass jug I acquired from a charity shop for £2. The jug is such a rich colour for glass and it seems to be a good contrast to the yellows, blues and pinks in the garden today.   A dark pink Hyacinth, a couple of tiny, but perfect in their miniature form, of daff. these are the dwarf, rich yellow daffodil, Narcissus ‘Tete a Tete’, as well as a few of the dark blue/purple Grape hyacinth, Muscari.

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Pale and quite perfect in their delicate tones of pinks and yellow are the Primoses: Primula vulgaris, Primula veris and  Primula denticulata.  I love to see these in the garden as they bring to mind memories of making Easter cards at school in Shannon.

There are also a couple of sprigs from Pulmonaria which have a lovely mix of blue and pink flowers on each stem.  I think I am right in saying that this is Pulmonaria officianlis which has grown from a piece Jill passed over the hedge to me.

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The scent of the Hyacinth is filling the kitchen as I write this, and I fear it will have to go outside, before those who suffer with allergies, begin to sneeze. I will enjoy it while I can. If you enjoy the in a vase post take a look at some of the other bloggers posts including Cathy at Ramblinginthegarden and Chloris at thebloominggarden.  Do take a look and be inspired.

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