In a Vase for Monday – a bunch of daffs

I rarely manage to participate in Cathy's In a Vase on Monday meme, but sometimes I feel sufficiently inspired to make a modest contribution. As you can see I am a founder member of the "plonked naturally in a jam jar" school of flower arranging. Although my small bunch of "daffs" may not have great…

Wordless Wednesday – Bewitched

The flowers that bloom in the spring tra la……

March roared in at 90 mph and eventually departed at a more sedate 70 mph, a little more than a roaring lion and no sign of the lamb. Even the most resilient of my "daffs" were beaten to the ground, the emergent alliums were shredded and the scillas were wishing they'd never left Siberia. That…

In a Vase for Monday: Sheltering from the Rain

This is my first contribution to the Rambler's In a Vase for Monday meme. I promised a contribution before Easter and, as Easter is late this year, I've just scraped in. I like having a small posy of flowers in the house, so my tardiness has been a lack of flowers and foliage rather than…

In the Winter Garden

I always dreamed of having a winter garden - delicate snowdrops and aconites in perfect drifts beneath the tracery of the bare branches of elegant Japanese acers and the ghostly stems of birches. A contrasting backdrop of glossy green Mahonia and air laden with the delicate scent of winter jasmine, Osmanthus and Daphne. The reality is a cottage garden…