In A Vase Monday - Spring Posy

Monday again and time to join in with Cathy at Rambling in the Garden and show today's garden discoveries. Today has been a day of dreadful weather, windy and rainy and very, very cold, so it took a relatively calm spell for me to nip out, do a quick turn round the garden, and cut some of the spring flowers that are putting on a very welcome, if drenched and windblown show. More of the cowslips that have been flowering for a few weeks now, a few tiny daffodils - Jumble and Tete-a-Tete - white Muscari, pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign' and one blue hyacinth.

The hyacinth was a gift from my husband last year ... he 'surprises' me with a pot every year (blue last year, red this year)! When it had done flowering I put it outside on the patio where it stayed all summer and autumn but when the weather cooled I took pity on it and popped it into the cold frame to overwinter. In truth I did not expect it to survive let alone flower but it has and is so pretty I just had to add it to my wee posy today.

The photo was taken outside on top of the old, moss covered, redbrick wall - very quickly, there was quite a gale blowing at the time! The little jug, another of my charity shop finds, is really a very delicate shade of green and not the white it looks in the photo.

This wooden tray, positioned just by the kitchen door so that it can be admired every time we go out into the back garden, is kept filled with seasonal plants in pots ... it's where I found most of today's flowers.

Once again, if you've only come for the vase you can skip the following garden update.

Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'

Tulips - a mix of Angelique & Sunlover

Primula auricula

Spirea 'Gold Flame'

Each week brings a few more lovelies to enjoy - when the weather allows - here's the few I snapped today.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Gardening,