Tag: monarda

• In a Vase on Monday | 7th September 2026

  

  Back to pastels with a splash of yellow, and last week’s dark vase refusing to quit.

  Angela

  September 7, 2026

  garden

  autumn, calendula, cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, freesia, gladiolus, in a vase on monday, monarda, ranunculus

• In a Vase on Monday | 31st August 2026

  

  Dark purple gladioli, burgundy dahlias, and a hard turn away from pastel.

  Angela

  August 31, 2026

  garden

  autumn, calendula, cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, gladiolus, in a vase on monday, monarda

• Six on Saturday | 8th August 2026

  

  A mint that won’t spread, freesias that shouldn’t have worked, and the hostas keeping score.

  Angela

  August 9, 2026

  garden

  bees, calendula, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, freesia, hostas, monarda, phlox, SixonSaturday, summer

• Six on Saturday | 7th March 2026

  

  I took a year off from the garden. Not on purpose — 2025 was just that kind of year. But it’s early March, the snow is pulling back, and I went outside with a cold and a pair of boots to see what survived. Turns out the garden carried on without me, slightly offended.

  Angela

  March 7, 2026

  garden

  composting, early spring, Finnish garden, flower garden, garden, Jerusalem artichoke, kitchen garden, monarda, peas, pre-season, rhododendron, siberian iris, SixonSaturday, spring, vegetable garden, winter garden