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Monday 24 February 2020

IAVOM - 'Get Off Of My Cloud'


It's that time of the year to get my cloud out and float some hellebores for this week's 'In A Vase On Monday'. Hellebore floating seems to have come early this year - late February instead of early March. I can only name two of the occupants of my vase namely 'Helleborus Madame Lemonnier' which is the biggest flower you can see and a  recent purchase of a white picotee ( bottom left) from Ashwood Nurseries. I hope that the edge is more distinct next year. The others are just what they are. The cloud was made some thirty years ago or more by a dear friend in her early days of dabbling with clay. She now lectures in ceramics.

In other news a nasty cold wind was blowing most of the weekend and is forecast to get stronger today. There has been the odd spell of dry though which has been most welcome. The first seeds of the year have been sown under cover in the greenhouse and will be getting some additional warmth from the heated sand bench. I have reluctantly decided that I need to pare down on my seed sowing activities and carefully plan sowing this year until I know what my right hand can cope with. I have narrowed the flower seeds list down and will shortly tackle the veg list.

The snowdrops have peaked both in the greenhouse and garden but other colour is emerging quickly - not only the hellebores but also irises, crocuses, little daffies, pulmonarias and primroses. There is also foliage stirring. Taking me by surprise yesterday was the green of the artist formerly known as dicentra specatablis spearing through the earth. My brief sortie outside yesterday afternoon was most satisfactorily concluded by stuffing the green waste bin to the gunnels in readiness for its first collection of the year tomorrow.

With thanks as always to our lovely hostess Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' who is celebrating sunshine this week in the shape of some cheerful little daffodils. We are certainly in need of the odd ray or two at the moment.


14 comments:

  1. A green bin collection tomorrow - how exciting! We have another fortnight to wait for ours, and the bin has been full ever since it was last emptied which must be nearly two months ago... :( Sorry that you have to reduce your seed sowing activities - you will have to let me know if there is anything I can help you with as mine has definitely not been pared down! I really love your cloud dish and would snap one up if I ever saw it for sale! Your hellebores are delightful in it, of course, and I must venture out post haste to check my dicentra thingy!

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    1. Yaaaaay - the green bin has been emptied! I was excited too. Ours was last emptied at the end of November and started filling up immediately. I did have room though for just a little bit more. Thanks for your kind offer Cathy but I think that I must limit activity this year and play catch up. I will pass on your comment about the cloud to my friend. Maybe when she retires she will have more time to play with clay πŸ˜„

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  2. Strange you shouldn’t say your hellebores are early. I thought mine were late. The earliest which catch a patch of sunlight usually flower in early January.

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    1. It's my floating hellebores in a cloud or other 'vase' that has come early this year Sue not the flowering time of the hellebores πŸ˜„

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  3. Blue sky? cloud thinking???? Watching the tiny new rosettes of dicentra are quite exciting. You have some really beautiful blooms floating of your cloud nien?

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    1. Thanks for your visit and comment Noelle πŸ˜„

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  4. That's a beautiful collection of hellebores, Anna, whether you have names for them or not. I'm sorry your weather is still awful. The forecast here is for 80+F (26_C) temperatures starting tomorrow, which is extraordinary and not really a good thing. The last rainstorm passed us by without depositing a drop of rain and drought is once again on every forecaster's lips.

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    1. Thank you for your kind words Kris. Sorry to hear that it is so warm with you so early and that the last rainstorm passed you by. If only we could share a little bit of each other's weather we would all be content.

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  5. This is the best way to display cut hellebores so you can see their dear little faces.Sorry to hear your right hand is still giving you trouble.

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    1. Yes Chloris floating does enable them to show off their lovely faces. Thanks for your sympathy regarding my hand.

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  6. That's the loveliest cloud I've seen for a good while! What has happened to blue skies, and even white clouds. They are all grey and have been for months now! Your hellebores are the perfect antidote! Such a lovely variety and all little beauties! Amanda

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    1. Blue skies and fluffy white clouds certainly seem in short supply Amanda - maybe they will return come March. Thanks for your kind words.

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  7. So pretty, we can't get enough of them. Growth is slowly emerging from the mud and we have had a little sun!

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    1. It is certainly hard imagining having too many hellebores Alison πŸ˜„ I imagine that the mud will be a thing of the past before we know it.

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