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In a Vase on Monday: green and white

06 Monday May 2019

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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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In a vase on Monday

26 Monday May 2014

Posted by digwithdorris in in a vase on Monday

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polygonatum hirtum, Solomon's Seal

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I am joining in Cathy’s meme today with my vase. Do take a look at ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com to see other vases.

It may be pouring but I have a little bit of the outside with me inside, thanks to these stems of Solomon’s seal. One of my favourite Spring time flowers for its fresh green leaves which unfurl to reveal green tipped white flowers. Each stem arches over to at least a meter in length and creates a great centre piece to my table.
The weather may stop any opportunity for work in the garden today. No matter, enjoy the day!

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A great unfurling

27 Sunday Apr 2014

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Asplenium scolopendrium, convallaria majalis, Dryopteris filix-mas, harts tongue fern, Hosta 'Sum & Substance', Lily of the Vallley, male fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Polygonatum x hybridum, shuttlecock or ostrich fern, Solomon's Seal

 

There has been a lot to do everywhere this week, and I do not just mean in the garden.  Papers to plough through, cupboards to sort, plans to plan.  The phone has been annoying for its ability to distract and interrupt me as plants wait for no Dorris. When I have managed to get out in the garden, a great unfurling is going on.

This is the Harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium which likes a shady damp corner grows to about 0.75m and will tolerate dry shade as long as you keep it damp during its first year.

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The pushing out of the ground is one thing, the unfurling of each fern leaf is exquisite, these prehistoric plants have so much to offer the gardener in terms of shape, texture, colour and form.

 

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Above is Matteuccia sturthiopteris the shuttlecock or Ostrich fern which I have in a large terracotta pot, pending a new space.  This is a crown forming fern which grows quite upright to 1.7m requiring light shade and moist but well drained soil.

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This is the male fern Dryopteris filix-mas which I rescued from a friend who had just moved house and her new overgrown garden was full of them.  At the time, I had no idea what sort of fern it was but just loved its delicate foliage and offered it a home other than the skip.  It occupies an area of about 0.5m and when open is about 0.6m tall.

The other plants which seem to unfurl are hostas, this is Hosta ‘Sum & Substance’ a yellow-green large leaf hosta.

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It is growing with a variety of Euphorbia which I cannot remember but together make a rather pleasing arrangement.

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The Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum x hybridum is looking fresh, its flowers still in tight bud and its leaves, yes you guessed it, unfurling.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Unfortunately my Solomon’s seal gets munched, big time by sawfly and so I shall probably cut it for a vase soon before it gets wrecked.  It is such a shame because it is one of my favourite plants for shade.

Last and by no means least is the Lily of the Valley  Convallaria majalis just beginning to appear, buds still tightly shut, no scent yet, just busy…unfurling.

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This is another lovely plant for a shady position, and again this is a piece which was given to me by my garden friend who has the walled garden in Winslow. It is a special thing, a garden which is dotted with gifts from other gardens.  I guess that is one of the things that us gardeners love about our own gardens, the associations that certain plants have, oh, and the unfurling.  Have a good week and check for that unfurling in your garden.

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