In anticipation of a busy weekend and a weather forecast for frost I ventured out on Friday to snip some bits for this week's vase. It was decidedly cool, grey and extremely soggy so it turned out to be a quick and rather lopsided pick and plonk. I just wanted to get back indoors pronto! In my vase are :
- A sprig of viburnum tinus - I think that it's 'Eve Price'. We tried to remove this evergreen shrub a few years ago. Although the winter flowers are welcome the foliage was always attacked by the viburnum beetle which leaves a trail of unattractive lacy holes in its wake. We must have left a portion still in the ground which has taken off again. Further surgery is required.
- A rather battered flower from anemone coronaria 'Mr Fokker' which I have never seen flower at this time of the year before now. It's a low growing tuberous perennial which usually flowers in the spring through to early summer and has the deepest most vivid of blue flowers .
- Last but not least the only dry bloom in the house is chrysanthemum 'Tula Green'. This has been in the shelter of the greenhouse. I've grown it before and lost it but was gifted a couple of cuttings from a friend this autumn and one of the plants has recently come into flower.
Thanks as always to Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' for hosting. Looking outside this morning I saw that the predicted frost had not materialised but it's bitterly cold out there, so more of a day for inside activities including some vase hopping later. Wishing everyone a good week and happy gardening whether of the armchair sort or real life variety.
C. 'Tula Green' is a fantastic color. It pairs nicely with the anemone, Anna. Your off-center vase design looks rather awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words Susie - coming from you that is a huge compliment ❤️
DeleteOuh - lovely green vase!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed rather lovely Anna 😀
DeleteI like the vase, too and am a big fan of green flowers. Happy Monday! Amelia
ReplyDeleteI like green flowers too Amelia and they have grown on me over the years 😀
DeleteLove seeing such beautiful flowers and that 'Tula Green' making your green vase sing....reminds me of spring already!
ReplyDeleteOh if only it were spring Donna but it's not so far away now. Until then I'm trying to make the most of winter although I must admit that it's my least favourite season!
DeleteOh how exciting to have that anemone - and to have it returning as well! I must try again... 🤞 And your chrysanthemum just coming into bloom now - that's exciting too! I love the green bloom. My fantasy ones were absolute rubbish this year, but I will try and give them a bit more attention this year... 😉
ReplyDeleteAnemones have returned for me before Cathy especially at the allotment but have never flowered at this time of year. 'Green Tula' is quite fetching - I was so pleased with my friend's gift It might be so late flowering as it was struck as a cutting in the spring of last year 😂
DeleteThat's a very pretty arrangement for that lovely green glass vase, Anna. I have just a single blue anemone in bloom but I've been resisting the notion of cutting it. I'm envious of the green chrysanthemum.
ReplyDeleteIt was the only anemone flower that was fully open Kris but it was going over so not too hard to cut 😀
DeleteYou found a real treasure on your brief venture outdoors Anna - an anemone in January! It is a lovely vase of snippets. Cold and frosty here, so I will be armchair gardening all this week. I have already been looking at various early bird offers for Dahlias….
ReplyDeleteI think that it will be armchair gardening here too Cathy this coming week as the forecast looks decidedly chilly. Hope that you have fun bargain hunting 🤞
DeleteHow luck are you! Mid January and you have a lovely Anemone in bloom and that rather gorgeous chrysanthemum 'Tula Green'. Now, that could persuade me to attempt some chrysanthemums this year! 😀
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