A few tiny spring treasures in my tiny vase on this sunny Monday. Making their way into this week's vase are :
- Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' who sadly lost some of her dark purple colouring as I rather dangerously twizzled the stem round in the vase for a better view. Fiddling has its dangers when it comes to vases. This is one of my favourite pulmonarias.
- Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' named after the plantswoman and photographer.
- A fritillaria meleagris or snakesead fritillary flower with its most distinctive chequered markings.
- A couple of stems of perennial anemone blanda.
The little glass vase was a gift from my mum who hand painted it with what I think are suns, although I suppose they could also be stars.
As always thanks to Cathy, who hosts 'In A Vase On Monday' on her blog 'Rambling In The Garden'. All shapes and sizes of vases containing flowers, foliage, stems, fruits etc. are welcome from fellow bloggers each and every Monday.
I love this little vase and its teeny offerigs - and do let me know how the fritillary do, as they were somethng I had considered before I saw the tulips. And ps I always thought of them as stars, Anna... ��
ReplyDeleteSadly the fritillary faded fast Cathy but being in a warm kitchen probably didn't help. It looked ok until late Thursday. Funny how you thought that they were stars all along 😂
DeleteLovely spring flowers. The vase is a treasure.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susie 😀
DeleteWhat a sweet vase! Fritillaries aren't something one sees in my part of the world - it's a very interesting flower.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris. I think that fritillaries wouldn't like the heat and even less the dry conditions Kris. They like their feet in water 😂 The snakeshead fritillary has the most intriguing markings and there's also a white version too.
DeleteYour hand-painted vase is lovely Anna, and you have some beauties in it too. I still can't decide if I like fritillaries, but I love Pulmonarias and anemones! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think that fritillaries would grow on you Cathy 😀
DeleteIt may well have been worth the twizzle, I like the movement and curve of the flowers is used to great advantage. Lovely collection of spring dainties in a vase.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough more of the purple colouring opened up the next day Noelle 😂
DeleteSuch a happy, uplifting arrangement, Anna. Valerie Finnis is one of the finest muscari varieties in my eyes. Just planted blue Anemone blanda recently. We have A. nemorosa growing in the wild which are also delightful and remind me of my Irish garden where they grew en masse as did bluebells. Wonderful memories! Happy spring days to you and your husband xx
ReplyDeleteOh thank you Annette. Valerie Finnis is a most fetching shade of blue indeed. Your Irish garden sounds as if it was a most special spot. You must still miss it from time to time 🤗
DeleteWhat a cute vase both the actual vase...so cute. And the adorable flowers in it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Donna 😀
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