A simple pleasure.
.. flowers for cutting.. Even tiny pickings are lovely. I had to creep into corners to find these little gems. The dainty blossom from prunus 'Kojo-no-mai 'doesn't provide much for picking but if the weather is poor and I feel I am not seeing much of it's short lived blossoms I sometimes pick a tiny bit to put in a jar on the bedside table. The bold and handsome foliage of viburnum 'Davidii' is uselful all year - the pink buds are followed by white flowers then blue berries and a spray looks very fine in a jar on its own. I have daffodils for quite a long time. Topolino and Tete A Tete, then February Gold, then Jenny, then Thalia (still to come) with some others I don't know the names of which were here when I came.
A simple pleasure.
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Lotta
21/3/2019 02:18:17 am
Tiny pickings are lovely - I think we often appreciate them more, especially when we've had to hunt around for them! Daffs flowering here currently are Cornish Chuckles and Loveday... and lots unknown too.
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Lotta
21/3/2019 02:22:42 am
And Viburnum Burkwoodii just starting to flower - amazing scent.
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Freda
21/3/2019 02:54:01 pm
i had that in a previous garden - delicious scent!
Freda
21/3/2019 02:53:22 pm
There is an amazing variety of daffs - I especially like the ones with reflexed petals (Jenny and Thalia).
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cath
21/3/2019 09:16:18 am
Little gems indeed, (Spring) messages in a bottle!
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Freda
21/3/2019 02:55:36 pm
Is that the campanula that you manage to overwinter on your balcony?
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cathy
21/3/2019 12:59:57 pm
nothing blooming here just yet, but I can see tips of purple hyacinth flowers. seems like just yesterday (& maybe it was) all that could be seen were the green leaves. progress!
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Freda
21/3/2019 02:56:41 pm
I can see you enjoy the anticipation too Cathy.
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Julia
21/3/2019 03:09:29 pm
Primroses peeking here in west vriginia, and a few daffodil buds...that’s all so far! Your tiny blossoms are so cheering, freda!
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Freda
22/3/2019 05:29:21 am
Peeking primroses are a joy.
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