A single snip from me this week in the shape of a hellebore flower. This one was a present from himself to celebrate a rather big birthday last year and is a hellebore x hybridus (Ashwood Evolution Group) Yellow Double. The receptacle it's floating in came home with me last week after a trip to Chester for a haircut. The hairdresser just happens to be very close to a florist's shop which has a little room inside packed with vases and containers. This shop always pulls me in by magic either before or after my hair appointments. As soon as I saw this one I had visions of a floating hellebore.
Thanks to Cathy as always over at 'Rambling In The Garden', who encourages us to share our flowers and foliage every week and is also sharing some glorious spring mellow yellow this week. Do visit and see what she and other bloggers have in their vases this week.
Here after a 'False Spring' a couple of weekends ago we have had some quite chilly weather but it looks as if spring is going to well and truly arrive with the equinox on Thursday, with suitable weather to live up to the occasion. I sowed my first seeds on Saturday - the wouldn't be without sweet peas and 1 have three seed trays filled up with compost, lined up in the greenhouse, for me to sow more annuals this afternoon.
Wishing you all a good week in the garden and a happy Saint Patrick's Day to anybody who celebrates. It's a special day for me as it's the anniversary of my first ever 'date' with himself 🍀
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ReplyDeleteNow, that is just beautiful! I would never have thought of displaying a hellebore in that type of vase. It's more usual to see them en masse floating in a larger vase/bowl. That arrangement appeals to me. I feel as though I must have a small dish or vase similar to that somewhere - I'd be more than happy to cut one of the hellebore flowers to sit on my desk.
ReplyDeleteOh that is delightful, Anna - that is the PERFECT receptacle for a hellebore bloom! I don't suppose you even tried to resist your puchase... 😉And a glorious hellebore too - I remember being unsure about yellow hellebores to begin with, not so now, as any colourway is a thing of beauty! And happy 'anniversary' to the pair of you - who knew on that first date what was to come in the future...? 😊
ReplyDeleteI love it, Anna! Both the flower and its receptacle are perfect. If I had a florist's shop down the street from my hairdresser, I'd visit it at every chance too. I hope spring arrives on schedule for you with all its fanfare.
ReplyDeleteOh I love that Hellebore, so fabulous. I like the vessel in which it floats also - it needs to be by itself to show off.
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