In a Vase on Monday: Spring Sunshine!

On Saturday a nasty cold north wind did not deter me from getting some jobs done outside: among other things a couple of evergreens desperately needed repotting and what a struggle it was to get them out of their pot… a word of advice: never use containers that get narrower at the top!

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwood’s Gold’ in its new container, after being removed from that white pot on the right, now holding a Hippophae… hope that doesn’t need a bigger pot soon as well!

Anyway, I was rewarded with sunshine on Sunday (still cold and windy though!) and did very little except pick flowers for a vase so that I can join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden today for her Monday meme. (And as I write on Monday morning, it is trying to snow!)

Indoors, spring is underway with my Kohlrabi seedlings sprouting, and the aubergines too. Outdoors, the Hellebores are all in flower or just coming into flower, waving goodbye to winter. This creamy one is ‘Prince Double White’…

The Viburnum ‘Dawn’ is finally in full flower after being at the semi-open stage for what seems like weeks. It appears to have ‘run out’ of fragrance but makes up for that in simple beauty.

This was one of the last buds on the shrub not fully open

And I cut some sprigs of willow with small furry catkins visible. I love watching them grow and open out in a vase.

This pink Hellebore here is ‘Carlotta’, with a shy ‘Yellow Lady’ beside her.

Hellebores don’t always last well in a vase, but the catkins and Viburnum will.

I think we should have more sunshine and warmer temperatures by mid-week. Hope you do too!

Happy Gardening!



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