Tag: in a vase on monday
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In a Vase on Monday | 16th October 2023
A mixed vase this week with something old and something new. The white dried hydrangea is Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (I asked the person who planted it this time to make sure since Google was giving me too many different options), and the new little pink blooms underneath it are Hydrangea paniculata ‘Living Angels Blush’. Some…
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In a Vase on Monday | 9th October 2023
It hailed overnight yesterday. That’s not to say that we’ve had a frost yet — it’s been chilly at night but not quite cold enough to upset all but the tenderest of tropicals so far. The temperatures have been fluctuating like crazy, though. The hail melted as soon as the sun rose, but it was…
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In a Vase on Monday | 2nd October 2023
I was going to skip today because of so many repeats, but realistically, I only have a few more days to post before I’ll be forced to skip for lack of materials. So here we go! Two small bunches next to each other because I don’t have a big squat vase to fit all of…
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In a Vase on Monday | 25th September 2023
I seem to have ended up with mostly single-species vases this week, but that’s down to there being lots of big statement stems appearing in the garden. No complaints about that! ‘Bizar Dutch’ gladiolus, which came in a completely mislabeled package but was quickly identified with a Google search. Thank you, internet. I really do…
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In a Vase on Monday | 11th September 2023
A small vase update this week, but an update nonetheless. I’m particularly happy with the first arrangement because I’m getting the hang of balancing flowers so that the heights are a bit more layered! More oranges and reds appearing, as if I needed a reminder that it’s autumn. Two white-tipped ‘Holland Festival’ dahlias, the first…
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In a Vase on Monday | 4th September 2023
A little shoutout before I begin — the lovely Rosie Amber featured my garden in her “Enchanting Gardens” series yesterday! It was really fun to babble for a bit about what we’re doing out here and it’s even more fun to dig into the rest of the posts and hear about everyone else. So if…
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In a Vase on Monday | 28th August 2023
Bright late summer colors are everywhere! Dinner plate dahlia Holland Festival, a couple of particularly charming striped bedding dahlias, godetias and ‘Happy Lights’ figleaf hollyhocks in the back. The buds on the hollyhocks are closed right now, but one is a matching pink to the godetias and the other is a very dark purple. Rudbeckia…
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In a Vase on Monday | 21st August 2023
Above is a picture of the basket that I take with me into the garden every morning. Around this time of year, in addition to the secateurs, snips, and gloves, I also pop in 2 plastic tumblers of water so I can gather flowers along the way. I never know what might be blooming and…
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In a Vase on Monday | 14th August 2023
Lilies started blooming in the cutting garden this weekend! Pictured above are a combo of tree lilies (the big dark pink one and the big light pink buds that are just opening) and Asiatic lilies. All my lilies came in variety mixes, so unfortunately, I do not have names for any of them. For the…
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In a Vase on Monday | 7th August 2023
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ with mixed Achillea millefolium ‘Summer Pastels’. They were growing next to each other in the cutting garden, so I figured they might as well go into the vase together too! This is the first time I’ve grown anything in the Rudbeckia family and I’m so happy with how they’ve turned out…
Little Blue and White House 