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Tag: cut flowers
In a Vase, on Monday – One Final Dahlia
Overnight last Thursday, Friday and Saturday we had below freezing temperatures and woke to frosty white lawns and leaves, not to mention petals on the remaining garden flowers. It’s much warmer this week but the damage has been done, and although Calendula and Antirrhinum (Snapdragons) have held their own, the Zinnias, Salvia, strawflowers and Dahlias […]
My (current) Favourite Flower
I’m sometimes asked what my favourite flower is. I bet you’ve been asked the same question, but unless you have a sentimental or emotional attachment to a specific bloom, I wouldn’t be surprised if your answer is similar to mine: ‘It depends on what’s blooming right now.’ The Lens-Artists photo challenge this week is to […]
In a Vase, on Monday – A Thanksgiving Vase
It’s Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada; we had friends for turkey dinner yesterday, with all the traditional fixings and a vase of cut, end of season, flowers fresh from the garden. You know it’s end of the season because zinnias aren’t looking that great while dahlias are looking better than ever. As part of Cathy’s […]
Ina Vase, on Monday – Repurposing
Repurposed containers make great vases for this week’s cut flowers.
In a Vase, on Monday – Pink and Orange
Bright pink and fluorescent orange are the non-complimentary colours in today’s vase of cut flowers.
In a Vase, on Monday – Strawflowers
The very photogenic strawflower has a vase to itself this week.
In a Vase, on Monday – Mid Summer Vases
Gladiolas and Tithonia from the cutting garden, plus a few other flowers, in these two mid-summer vases.
In a Vase, on Monday – Last Lily Standing
Two springs ago I planted five ‘Tinilco’ Asiatic lilies and boy, did they ever come up beautifully this year! I was all set to enjoy a few weeks of their deep maroon loveliness but the gardening gods had other plans – almost all the buds were nipped off, some just a day before opening, others […]
In a Vase, on Monday – It’s Summer Tomorrow
Ranunculus and Echinacea – right on time for a vase of fresh cut flowers.
County Gardening 