In A Vase On Monday - Springtime Blues

Hello Everyone,

I'm glad to be able to join in again with In A Vase On Monday over at Rambling in the Garden with Cathy - it's been a while. It's still very much spring here in this little corner of Scotland but the weather this past week has been wet and wild hence the Springtime Blues.

Photo taken on our front doorstep just for a change. Bluebells, aquilegia and forget-me-nots have self-seeded through the garden so perfect for sharing among these two vases.

There's both Spanish and English bluebells growing - happily in different parts of the garden so hopefully they will stay true to form in their separate beds. Not so the aquilegia ... they spread themselves all over, sometimes in the oddest little corners.

I did intend joining in last week, even had a vase filled and photographed, and though there is nothing blue about it I thought I'd share it here today.

A few sprigs of Forsythia Weekend 'Courtalyn', erythronium (dogtooth violets) and cowslips made up this cheerful and sunny vaseful.

I particularly like the dogtooth violets and I'm always sad to see them go over - it seems too soon when they do.

It's a busy time of year in the garden but as neither hubby or I are fit enough at the moment we've been struggling. However, we had a gardener in yesterday to clean up the long border and  he's made a great job of it. There's now lots of empty spaces just crying out to be filled with the dozens of cosmos plants I've grown from seed this year. There's also a tree on order, an Amelanchier lamarckii, - I'm looking forward to the delivery sometime soon. All the fruit trees are in blossom so hopefully we will have plenty of fruit in the autumn. We may even, for the first time,  have some plums this year judging by the amount of blossoms on hubby's tree. He was disappointed last year but it is still quite a young tree.

I wish you all a very happy week in your garden.