A Week Of Flowers Days 3,4 & 5 ~ 2025

 

I'm moving later into the year today as I join in Cathy's celebration of 'A Week Of Flowers - 2025'. This bowl of hyacinths with violas gave me great pleasure in the spring. I had never planted hyacinths outdoors in containers before and was thrilled by both the pop of colour as well as the aroma which I sometimes find overwhelming indoors, but oh so delightful out outdoors. The bowl was situated near the greenhouse so whenever I nipped in there to sow seeds etc. I caught the scent. I planted up two bowls. The hyacinth in this one was either 'Miss Saigon' or 'Woodstock' but I can't remember which. This year I've planted more bowls like this and the violas are of the same colour although I don't think it matters as the hyacinths bowls were one of my gardening highlights of 2025.

A new to me bulb in the shape of the little species tulipa batalini 'Bronze Charm' which was a lovely soft yellow and is supposedly perennial. I planted them with muscari but I won't repeat the combination because as you can see the muscari had already come and gone. I've planted more this autumn just on own their own. Unlike their bigger relatives the leaves are much smaller and less floppy.

Finally for today a spring blossom in the shape of malus 'Red Sentinel' which thoroughly enjoyed this years' weather conditions. A big thank you to our lovely host Cathy over at 'Words and Herbs'. It's a pleasure to be looking back as to what there was out there and will be again before too long.