I had thought I had lost my smallest of ceramic vases so bought this at a stall at the Shepton Mallet Snow Drop Festival on Friday. Alison C: a Fair Maid from IAVOM joined me for a lovely afternoon at the festival.
Pride of place in the front is a flower from a new snowdrop bought at the show: Viridapice nivalis green tip This is quite a common snowdrop I understand...but I love it as it is easily identified by the green on the outer petals.
Along side are snowdrops which survived the move from the midlands, and a couple of periwinkle flowers from a clump of Vinca Minor. Its not quite the right blue to match the vase..but I have little else in flower.
Whilst unpacking the last of my boxes of vases on Sunday I found the smallest vase...too small for these but fine for a trio of mud spattered primroses.
With it a spring of rosemary and a little stem of sedum a gift plant from Alison last year, which is starting to sprout very nicely. I think it may be Sedum Autumn Charm 'Lajos'. Here it is sitting on a very old doily which would have graced tea time tables in the days before paper or plastic ones.
Cathy has her arrangement on a tea cloth...do go and see what is on offer to wet your appetite there.
Cute!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop festival - have you been to the Shaftesbury one?
I think it is great that places are starting to create something which brings people out and together early in the year. The Shaftesbury snowdrop initiative looks very interesting. There is a whole day of things snowdroppy at Wells Bishop's Palace this coming weekend.
DeleteOooo - thank you Noelle - I'll look that up. Are you going?
DeleteOh yes for sure....I am life member of the gardens with a spare visitor's one too, so if you are thinking of coming up, let me know, we can go together.
DeleteWow! Thank you so much. Which day are you going? That would be fun! Shall we communicate by email? You can use my. 'Contact Me' page on my blog.
DeleteLovely, I haven't seen that Snowdrop until today and the green markings are very pretty. We have some of those doilies around crocheted by our ancestors, a nice combination this Monday.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased that blogging fosters new friendships and hw lovely to share the snowdrop festival with Alison - your new little vase is perfect for snowdrops and I am pleased to hear you also splashed out on a new snowdrop. Don't forget to let me have your address if you would like a bulb of Blewbury Tart and perhaps another
ReplyDeleteMaybe you would like to come down another year and share? Going to the Bishop's Palace Snowdrop snow this weekend too. Would love to add to my collection, so will email you. Thanks so much Cathy.
DeleteThe tiny vases with tiny blooms bring me such joy...thanks for this shot of garden delight as we are still in winter!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Donna, isn't this meme uplifting, as we can rely on people in varying climes to come up with lovely arrangements...there is always a few to help brighten days.
DeleteMy snowdrops here in the American Pacific Northwest are up this week too, and I was hoping to showcase them in my first vase, but alas! They are partially buried under real snow. Yours is very pretty and I love your little ceramic vase!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison, I'll look out for your snowdrops during the next few weeks.
DeleteI knew you'd find your little vase once you bought a new one! Still it won't be difficult for you to fill them both in summer. The new addition is perfect for the snowdrops and I'm glad to see that the sedum is doing well.x
ReplyDeleteOh your new vase looks just the right size for displaying such dainty late winter loveliness Noelle. How brave of you to behead your new 'drop. I hope that it wasn't its only flower :)
ReplyDeleteProbably is...but I hope that the bulb will spend its efforts on building itself up for next year.
DeleteHow lovely to be able to go to a snowdrop festival. My snowdrops are still a few weeks from blooming. I have that green-tipped one as well. Your description will help me remember which one it is in my garden.
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ReplyDeleteThere are a few snowdrops with the green splash on the outside...I am just beginning to learn to really look, and loving it.
DeleteAs popular and prolific as snowdrops seem to be in your part of the world, having 2 perfect little snowdrop vases just makes good sense to me! After being exposed to snowdrops by the UK posts, I'm wishing I could grow them here.
ReplyDeleteKris you do grow so many lovely things...of course there are many we just could not succeed with here. Thats half the fun: seeing what others grow..
DeleteVery inkebana, I know not everyone likes periwinkle but I do, we have four different varieties in the garden.
ReplyDeleteYou flatter me Brian.... I had not thought ikebana. I would love to explore that form. This is a large rough periwinkle which was rampant...now under control. However I do like them, and hope to collect a few for the new garden. Do post some pics of your favourites.
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