Monday, 18 January 2016

In a Vase on Monday - Small can be beautiful

Maybe I ought to have said small is beautiful, certainly in the case of these flowers.  After wind, ice, and snow, and marauding slugs and snails, I am really happy to have just these few little blooms from the garden to present today.  The  vase is a small cut glass bowl, a little Christmas Present from my dearly beloved, in recognition to my recent fascination, and inquisitional forays round the local Charity Shops, and this one came from a local one too!

Cathy who hosts this meme, this week has a very posh vase..and has very cleverly used the snow as a backdrop which brings a wonderful light to her arrangement.  Do go and have a peep there

It was quite tricky to arrange the flowers...I added some shingle to the base of the vase, and tied some wires from some of the blooms, which got covered with the pebbles so as to get the blooms to stand up!


The flowers and foliage:
Common/wild/native primrose...just two of several but the others have been nibbled.
self sown cyclamen
Tiarella which has had a bloom or two or three all winter
White heather
Aconite
Snowdrop one double and one single
Leaf from Arum Italicum

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  1. c18 January 2016 at 14:46

    Very springlike, well done to find so much in January.

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 16:53

      Its been the most unusual winter in my memory, so warm till the last week or so. Interesting things are happening in the garden too.

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  2. Donna@Gardens Eye View18 January 2016 at 15:13

    I absolutely adore the grouping of these flowers...and pebbles are a great idea!

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 16:53

      I got this inspiration from another contributor earlier in the year.

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  3. Anonymous18 January 2016 at 15:27

    A lovely collection. You have a nice variety there.

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  4. Anna @Suffolk Pebbles18 January 2016 at 16:16

    small is definitely beautiful - so pretty!

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  5. Hannah18 January 2016 at 17:01

    You succeeded so well getting the tiny flowers to stand up, the cyclamen are so charming with the wonderful patterns of the arum leaf, and the tiny white flowers. I like the circle of aconite leaves, too, like a bouquet, Noelle.

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 16:55

      This aconite flower came from a plant which arrived in a pot with the main plant given to me. I planted several plants last year but there is no peep from these yet...are they still alive? Time will tell.

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  6. sandra d18 January 2016 at 17:04

    Fresh and cute!

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  7. Eliza Waters18 January 2016 at 18:08

    So pretty - a cluster of spring!

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  8. Kris Peterson18 January 2016 at 19:28

    It's a wonderful arrangement, Noelle! Other than the cyclamen, it consists of beautiful blooms I can't grow so I'm very envious. I especially love the delicate Tiarella (which I have tried - and failed - to grow in my climate).

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 16:57

      Thanks for the compliment Kris...I too look at arrangements from other areas of the world, and admire beautiful 'exotic' flowers. Envious? A little but we cannot have it all, except by enjoying each others posts.

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  9. Anonymous18 January 2016 at 21:28

    Oh that's lovely, Noelle - and you did well witht he improvised corset, or is a suspender belt?! I noticed some new arum leaves coming through here - such a pretty leaf, isn't it? And gorgeous tiarella too ps we could hardly see the new vase for all the blooms...you'll have to show it off again in another post ;)

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 16:59

      Thanks Cathy, I hadn't thought of the way of describing the way I have managed to make my flowers stand up...also I'll post a picture of the empty vase one day.

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  10. Brian Skeys19 January 2016 at 16:39

    A spring vase, which shows what colour there is in the garden this time of year.

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    1. Stasher19 January 2016 at 17:00

      For this year yes, and it is fun to look back to see when one was picking various flowers in previous years.

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