Category: Spring Bulbs

Tulips, Daffodils, Freesias, Grape Hyacinths, Snowdrops, and more

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In a Vase on Monday- Rain and Way Early Narcissus

On By CathIn Flowers, Shrubs, Spring Bulbs, Weather and Seasons13 Comments

I was envying all the scented Spring flowers that are flowering now in the Northern hemisphere, with the Calianthus finished the Autumn flowers are lovely but not so strongly scented. And then after 210 mm (8 inches) of rain in the last 2 weeks, up popped the newly planted ‘Grand Monarch’ narcissus and one or two others of the ‘Paper White’ type narcissi. These were only planted less than a month ago. Weird having Spring bulbs while the Dahlia and Salvia and Chrysanthemums are still going strong.

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Bulbs and bionics

On By CathIn Food from the Garden, Spring Bulbs, Weather and Seasons11 Comments

It has been a beautiful Autumn weekend. We slept well in the cool night, enjoyed the first Sugar Baby watermelon with grapes and zucchini fritters for lunch, and felt very lucky to be here. Monarch butterflies are floating around and the bees are enjoying the late summer flowers. The vegetable garden is doing as well as can be expected, so I concentrated on planting the first of my bulb orders in this perfect sunny weather.
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In a Vase on Monday – Ixia Giant Yellow with Columbines and Salvia

On By CathIn Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs24 Comments

There is a wealth of purple at the moment, in fact there is a wealth of flowers in general now, as the days lengthen quickly and the soil is still wet. I considered a completely royal purple vase, with hints of regal gold, but in the end I really wanted to use the lovely giant yellow ixias, and I absolutely love the little red and yellow columbine Aquilegia canadensis.

cut flowers ixia salvia columbine phlomis

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In a Vase on Monday – Sun and Moon

On By CathIn Culinary Herbs, Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs, Weather and Seasons21 Comments

The full moon rose as orange and round as one of these calendulas last night, although I was thinking of sunshine as I picked them and the California Poppies at the end of the day. California Poppies, Calendula, Cynoglossum, and Dill sow themselves around the garden if they can find a nice place. I sometimes take them for granted, but I’m very grateful for them.

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Dutch Iris in a Vase on Monday

On By CathIn Flowers, Spring Bulbs11 Comments

Here are some of the flowers I tried to mix with Carnaval de Nice, as well as Iris Autumn Princess, who was never going to share that stage. The first of the Columbines and the last of the Daffodils, with the pretty little sweetly scented ‘Oregon Gold’ in the centre, with Dill flowers, Freesias, Cynoglossum, Sysrinchium, and Veronica gentianoides.
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california poppies, narcissus, black diamond tulips, and dutch iris

In a vase on Monday, 6 days late

On By CathIn Flowers, Spring Bulbs4 Comments

I made my vase last week, photographed the flowers,  but ran out of time to post until now. The first of the California Poppies and the last of the daffodils meet with perennial Stock, Freesias, Dutch Iris, and the Black Diamond Tulips, still going. The leaves of purple sage were growing over a nearby rose so they made a nice addition of purple-green.

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Asahi tulip cut flowers

Asahi In a Vase on Monday

On By CathIn Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs12 Comments

I wondered if Asahi tulips were named after a beer, for their lovely golden tones, but no. Much more appropriately it’s ‘morning/rising sun’. And they are absolutely stunning seen in the early morning with the sun shining through them, but I was too busy running until the sun was setting, so here they are in the last light of day.

Daffodils and tulips in vase

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