I’m joining Cathy’s group at Rambling in the Garden‘s this week with my first windowsill vase of the year, featuring today the deep purple, blue and yellow of Hyacinth ‘Woodstock,’ Muscari latifolium and Narcissus ‘Jetfire.’ Perhaps it’s something to do with the mild winter we’ve just come through, but I’m noticing already more and larger flowers coming out of these bulbs, all of which have been in my garden for five or more years. Not complaining!!
I’m adding a prop this week as well – a new garden tool I’m extremely happy with, tiny secateurs for snipping flower stems deep down without inadvertently cutting off or damaging leaves. Have a great week everyone!
Oh…what gorgeous colors!! The ringed vase is quite pretty…maybe from your favored store? Those are great snippers. I have a similar (Fiskars) pair.
Yes these are fiskars! I found the vase at the side of the road – part of a set I suspect started life as condiment holders – salt, pepper, vinegar etc…they make perfect little vases!
I re-learned a new word: secateurs. I first bumped into it on a Britisher’s blog, but hadn’t seen it since. I really like that vase!
Thanks – it’s a newish go-to for small flowers! I was taught the word secateurs here…what do you normally call them?
Beautiful colours. Welcome home.
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Thanks Jan!
Seems our gardens are pretty much in sync which I am not surprised. Lovely deep colors. Love those little secateurs.
What surprised me was how much we’re in sync with my parent’s neighbourhood gardens in B.C….things like daffodils, Forsythia, tulips are all still or starting there as well!
‘Woodstock’, although not white, is one of my favorite hyacinth. Hyacinth provides such rich color that white is sort of less impressive. (I mean, some flowers excell at white, while others do not.)
Totally agree, although whites often have a more intense fragrance…
Perhaps it needs more fragrance to compensate for its lack of color to interest pollinators. (I do not know what they look like in regard to their infrared and ultraviolet color, but I would guess that ‘Woodstock’ has a bit more of both.)
Fabulous colours!
Aren’t they great?
Looks like a great tool, and your arrangement of blooms is beautiful! Happy vase day!
Thanks Beth – you too!
Nice colors today. Interesting the flowers are bigger, I had a similar thing happen and thought it was more rain?!
Maybe eh? Although our winter was much dryer than normal, resulting in less melting snow…
The mysteries of gardening..
Love those rich, jewel-tone colors!
Like Amy, I suspect our abundant rainfall nourished the bulbs deep down all last summer (and through the winter, too). Never had we had so much rainfall!
Thankfully not so much rain to cause rotting! Our winter was much dryer and warmer than normal though… everyone’s talking about or predicting another summer drought here…
Ugh…
I love that grape-purple Hyacinth!
It’s definitely a fave!!
Good to have you back after tge wintee Chris, and I am so pleased you have so many spring bulbs to enjoy. Thank you for sharing some of them wuth us on IAVOM
Happy to be re-joining you!
Those colours are gorgeous together Chris! The hyacinth is especially lovely. 😃
Aren’t they beautiful? The fragrance is there als0, of course, but with this variety not overpowering.