Tag: flower garden
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In a Vase on Monday | 8th June 2026
The Annual Reaping of the Lupines bouquet — an invasive that gets a stay of execution for being pretty.
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In a Vase on Monday | 1st June 2026
Three measly stalks of lily of the valley, hiding inside a bouquet that smells entirely of lilac.
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Six on Saturday | 30th May 2026
First asparagus, dahlias going in, and a rowan sapling that delivered itself by airmail.
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In a Vase on Monday | 25th May 2026
I went outside with a simple plan: anemone, maybe some bergenia. I came back with five different flowers, wind damage cuttings, and a sugar bowl doing its best vase impression.
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Six on Saturday | 23rd May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace. The family pear tree is finally flowering, forget-me-nots are spreading, and I went to a plant fair for peaches and pelargoniums and left with… neither.
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In a Vase on Monday | 18th May 2026
First official cut flowers from the garden this year. A dozen mixed narcissi from the flower field and a few branches of feral pear blossoms.
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Six on Saturday | 16th May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace this week. A feral pear putting on a show, a photo shoot, and houseplants finally escaping to their summer homes.
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Six on Saturday | 9th May 2026
A spring surprise that I forgot I’d planted. Dogtooth violets from 2023 finally blooming, wood anemones just in time for Mother’s Day, and the front flower bed getting camera-ready for… reasons.
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Six on Saturday | 2nd May 2026
This red pelargonium came in from the garden last autumn and has not stopped blooming since. The sun came back, the Easter decorations came out, it said “You know what? More flowers.” It deserved its own entry.
