In a Vase, On Monday – Yellow, Red & Purple

Saturday was warm and sunny – the bees were out in droves, another tulip variety opened, were it not for the ticks I would have been gardening in shorts and a t-shirt. And a hat, of course, and not just for sun protection, these days! Sunday, on the other hand, was still warm but we were blessed by day long light showers. Just what the garden ordered, and you’ll likely see raindrops on petals in today’s vases.

That’s right – vases. It’s the time of year when I’m starting to be able to bring lots of different flowers indoors. And this year, more than others, I want as much colour as possible everywhere I go. So this week I’ve had many jars of daffs on many tables and windowsills, and now I’m starting with tulips. And Hyacinths…

My first vase this week showcases Tulip ‘Red Emperor’ – an early flowering single, new to me this year, with some just blooming Forsythia ‘Ottawa Early.’ I think they go well together in the blue glass Hyacinth jar, especially with the green tulip leaf behind it all. Earlier this week I fell in love with the green hips on this tulip…

Those hips don’t lie, I would have thought. I was curious about the colour that would appear on the inside of the flower.

And here it is, a classic yellow centre, to match the yellow Forsythia.

My second vase is kind of a holdover from last week. I kept the little Raku Ikebana vase on the table, replacing spent flowers with a few small red and yellow tulips and a Hyacinth ‘Woodstock.’ The photo at the top of this blog post shows a visitor – it could have come in with the flowers, or just landed there from inside. They’re everywhere this time of year!

Here are those raindrops I was telling you about. This Hyacinth as a nice fragrance, not overpowering, and reminiscent of cloves, to my nose.

These are my vases, containing highlights from my garden this week. If you’d care to see vases of cut flowers from other parts of the world, be sure to visit Cathy’s site – Rambling in the Garden. Stay safe everyone.