Honey bees love New England Asters at the end of summer.
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In a Vase, on Monday – Something Old, Something Blue
A few end of summer blooms fill today’s vase of cut flowers.
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Six on Saturday – 19/09/2020 – Summer Finale
The last weekend of summer brings the last few new blooms to the garden.
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Silent Sunday – first Colchicum
The first Colchicum of 2020 started to bloom yesterday. Heavy sigh…
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In a Vase, on Monday- herbalicious
It’s Labour Day here in Canada – making this a lovely last long weekend of the summer, traditionally (but not this year) the day before school starts again. And it’s raining. That’s a good thing! What’s also a good thing is that I snipped some flowers for today’s vase yesterday, when it truly was a […]
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Six on Saturday – 05/09/2020 – Pollinator Garden
Bees are busy buzzing around this late summer weekend.
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In a Vase, on Monday – just Zinnias
Zinnias fill a vase of cut flowers this week.
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Silent Sunday – Giant in the Garden
A Giant Swallowtail butterfly flitted amongst the Zinnias the other day…
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Six on Saturday – 29/08/2020 -Lablab, my favourite botanical name
It’s the last weekend in August and the garden is already starting to take on an autumnal appearance. Tree leaves have started to turn yellow and even red, thanks in part to how dry July and August have been but also in response to shortening days and cooler nights. Some perennials are looked quite bedraggled […]
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In a Vase, on Monday – My Neighbour’s Dahlias
Dahlias from my neighbour’s garden are the highlight of this week’s vase of cut flowers.
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Six on Saturday – 22/08/2020 – Perfect Days
The last few weeks of August are often the most almost-perfect part of summer.
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In a Vase, on Monday- Bendy
Gladioli make a one time only appearance in this week’s vase of fresh cut flowers.
