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Sparse Flower Power
The garden always looks less flowerful in September and this year the bloom display is perhaps sparser than usual as I just haven't been able to invest the time and energy my garden needs to stay on...
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In a Vase on Monday: I lost my patience
I had two floral arrangements in mind when I got up Sunday morning but the Hippeastrum I'd planned to use in one arrangement wasn't looking its best and the red dahlias I wanted to use in the other...
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In a Vase on Monday: Rain!
I'm celebrating the fact that we had rain on Sunday, which is something of a minor miracle for us at this time of time of the year. It's usually dry here from early April until sometime in October....
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In a Vase on Monday: Dashing to the finish line?
The persistent heat has a taken toll on both the garden and the gardener. According to climatologists, the problem at present here isn't so much the daytime peaks in our temperatures as the fact that...
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In a Vase on Monday: Plonked in Place
After an all too brief period of temperatures in the mid-80sF (29C), they soared into the mid-90s (35C) last week and appear to be stuck there. I made half-hearted attempts at cleaning up a couple...
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In a Vase on Monday: 'Omega' has got a glow about it
My current inventory of dahlias is somewhat depleted at the moment. As I've been cutting so many flowers to give away of course I've fewer available when it comes to prepare my weekly "In a Vase on...
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The stars of my August garden
I had to work harder this month to identify flowers worth crowing about in my garden. August is generally tough to get excited about as it's commonly among the hottest and driest months for us, if not...
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In a Vase on Monday: A 'Good Day' at Last
No, sadly, I'm not referring to the weather. It's still uncomfortably hot and humid here. In this case, 'Good Day' alludes to my use of Dahlia 'Good Day' for this week's 'In a Vase on Monday' post....
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In a Vase on Monday: Unlike me, Dahlias & Zinnias Love the Heat!
Our temperatures are still simmering in the upper 80s to low 90sF (31-33C) and our humidity levels remain high as well. Spending any time in the garden after 9am is a fools errand, although I admit...
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In a Vase on Monday: It's still hot
The weather hasn't gotten any better here since last week. It's still miserably hot and humid, and I remain closeted in the house most days. I attempted some minor chores in the heat late Saturday...
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In a Vase on Monday: Going for broke
The dahlias are producing more flowers every day, but this week my eyes first fixed on the foxgloves that burst into bloom all at once in one area of my cutting garden. I don't generally expect to see...
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When the heat is on, the dahlias step up
I wasn't sure the dahlias would come through for me this year. For one thing, they got a late start because I was held up by medical issues during the period I'm usually getting the tubers started....
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In a Vase on Monday: No fussing this week
After a bright, sunny start to Sunday morning, the clouds moved in, the sky turned a dingy gray, and it got very muggy. I usually spend a good amount of time just tidying up my garden while cutting...
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In a Vase on Monday: An imposter?
It warmed up here late last week, and the dahlias finally started getting into gear, which is not to say that all of my tubers are blooming yet. However, two of the largest "dinner plate" dahlias...
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In a Vase on Monday: Some fumbling involved
The dahlias continue to produce buds but remain slow about delivering actual flowers. A couple of dahlia flowers opened very recently; however, there were not enough to make up a single bouquet....
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In a Vase on Monday: Dahlias make it to the menu
I expected another cluster of lilies this week, but the majority of them are still holding their buds tight, which is also true of most of the dahlias that have produced buds in my garden thus far. I...
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What's perking up my garden this June?
I was late putting together a Bloom Day post and, as Carol of May Dreams Gardens, the creator of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, is in the process of retiring the meme anyway, I thought I'd do my own thing...
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In a Vase on Monday: Hidden Treasure
I'd thought that my lilies might be something of a loss this year. Only 'Orange Planet' had made an appearance. But it seems that I gave up too soon. I spotted a single flower of 'Montego Bay' last...
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In a Vase on Monday: Twisted
None of the dahlia tubers I planted in April and May are blooming yet, but two of the foxgloves I planted late last year have finally produced flowers so they kicked off today's "In a Vase on Monday"...
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