Yes, like jewels these hellebores provide some bling, floated in my glass bowl, and with the sunshine they are quite dazzling!
This is my contribution for Cathy’s lovely meme this week. Go and visit her at Rambling in the Garden to see what she and many others have found in their gardens to put in a vase this Monday.
I also picked lots of snowdrops (they smell wonderful!) and then refreshed my test tube vase with a pansy and some Snowflakes that grow on a piece of land opposite my kitchen window. They have spread over the past few years, so I dared pick a few today.
We are being treated to some lovely warm sunshine, and the crocus finally opened completely outside. There are bees out for the first time in my garden too…
Here are a few more images of my ‘vases’, including a picture of the latest Amaryllis/Hippeastrum to flower – “Lemon Star”. I hope you are also seeing some spring sunshine!
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Thanks Uta. The hellebores are my favourites right now. 🙂
Ours are almost gone.
An abundance of beauties! The hellebores look wonderful displayed in glass with the red cloth underneath. Your crocuses look so pretty. I saw a wasp yesterday outdoors, no bees yet.
Thanks Susie. I haven’t seen any more bees since Monday, as it has gone cold again… rollercoaster weather! 😉 At least some of the crocus have been opening up outside though.
Wow that is some bling Cathy! I love each vase, and can’t wait to see some bling here….right now our bling is still the sparkling snow.
Snow has its own special sparkle Donna – I missed it this season as there was hardly enough to brighten the winter days and so much rain instead. But having hellebores to pick is more than consolation. Hope your winter decides to call it a day soon too!
Your gorgeous hellebores look wonderful floating about the crimson cloth, clever of you to know that the colour would work. Hippeastrum ‘Lemon Star’ really is a star, you’ve certainly made me wish I’d planted some this year.
Lemon Star has been flowering for over two weeks now – I will definitely be planting Hippeastrum again next autumn as they have all been gorgeous, and I can recommend this one in particular.
This weeks garden capture is so full of vibrant color! Beautiful color Cathy.
Thanks Deb. Hope you have some colour in your spring garden too. 🙂
You have a lovely collection of hellebores..and have shown us how best to display them. Thanks for all the others too…I love early spring crocuses.
Thank you Noelle. I look forward ever year to floating my hellebores. I also like to float Aquilegias and Peonies. 🙂
They are indeed lovely and the glass bowl worked really well so you could see the cloth underneath – great idea! Your other vases were sweet too – so nice to have blooms at this time of year. Thanks for sharing
You are right, it is wonderful having flowers to pick in winter. So glad I have discovered that snowdrops and crocus open up indoors so beautifully. All thanks to your meme Cathy! 😀
You are most welcome
The hellebores do look like a bowl of jewels. They are such a worthwhile plant to grow.
They are indeed. Sadly many of mine are affected by black leaf spot even after having removed most of the leaves last autumn. But the flowers still look good!
I feed mine in November, when I remove the leaves with Rose fertiliser, hoping it will help prevent leaf spot, as with the roses, due to the trace elements and sulphur.
That’s a good idea. I do give them some compost as a winter mulch, but a feed might help too. Thanks Brian!
Spring seemingly contained in one post. the photo of the Hellebores is just lovely and the background color, perfect for accenting the flowers.
Crocus are a sure sign that spring is on its way, and my dark red hellebores too as they are the latest of all of them. 🙂
There’s plenty of spring sunshine here, Cathy. Unfortunately, there are far too few blooming hellebores – I love your floating collection!
Thanks Kris! I always think of hellebores flowering when there is snow on the ground… but not this year!
I really like your floating Hellebores Cathy and your title, you’ve inspired me to pick some to float too. Your crocus in flower look gorgeous too!
Hi Julie. I find the hellbores last so much better if floated, and you can see them properly too! I must try and find a shallow bowl without a tall foot to display them best on the table. 🙂
Oh some fabulous floating going on there Cathy. Apparently the honey bees were out on Friday at the allotment but it was too wet on Saturday to tempt them out. I imagine that they could have been out yesterday when we had a very mild day but that might be it for some time to come.
I hope we have some more warmer days for the bees soon as the pussy willow is just opening. I love standing under it when it is buzzing with life!
The red cloth as a background really makes them pop. Love the slide show.
Thank you Rickii. Since joining in Cathy’s meme I have started to view odd pieces of leftover material in a completely different light – they come in very useful for the photos! 😉
I wish I had such beautiful Hellebores in my garden!
Anca, surely they would grow for you in your garden too. At least two of mine are from divisions or seedlings from friends. 🙂
Ah. You brighten up my day.
Hey, My Barbara sticks are sprouting. 🙂
🙂 Glad your twigs are sprouting at last! I shall have to bring some more in to hurry spring along! 😉
You have had lovely weather. Look at your garden grow!
That is a lovely bowl of flowers to start out the week. Enjoy.
Thanks Alys. And that bowl of flowers really did brighten the week! 🙂
Very blingy and gorgeous! I was just looking at a bulb catalogue today with an eye to buying some crocus and your pictures have inspired me even more.
I plant new ones every autumn, but I have to compete with the mice who seem to love newly planted bulbs! Hope you find some you like in your catalogue! 🙂
Your hellebore portrait is breath-taking – the cloth background is perfect! Lucky you to have spring bursting forth!
Thank you Eliza! I am happy to share these spring joys with you.mOne thing I love about blogging is that the seasons get extended… I was seeing snowdrops in England in December, now mine are in flower, and soon I hope to see some in your part of the world too! 🙂
You’re right about that – I’ve thought the same. I get to vicariously enjoy flowers of the Caribbean, and summer in Australia and South Africa during our winter. It really is a wonderful thing!
I love the way you took the photograph of the flowers floating in the water. The photo reminds me of looking at the broken pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope. They are just gorgeous. And the crocus, a favorite of mine, are really sweet. From your arrangements this week it looks to me like spring is making an early appearance and there isn’t much winter left!
That is a lovely comparison – like a kaleidoscope. I used to love those when I was a child. Winter is apparently going to make a feeble attempt at returning this week, but I do think its days are numbered now. Thank goodness!
You have a wide range of reds, Cathy, and they look so wonderful on the red velvet. I’m amazed how festive hellebores can look in a crystal bowl. I like your snowflakes too, so cute in a vase. I’m going to have to look for bulbs, and unusual snow drops.
Oh yes, they do look rather festive. Such a shame the red ones don’t flower in time for Christmas. I will also plant some spring snowflakes this year as these few were just beyond my garden fence. I only have the summer ones in the garden which have lovely long stems.
Yum floating hellebores, yum snowdrops in tubes and yum crocus in flower. Yum!
A feast for the eyes! 😉
Beautiful Hellebore. And I think the blooming of the Crocus marks the real beginning of spring.
I think so too Jason – the first splash of colour against the cold brown soil. 🙂
The snowdrops look good in the test-tube vases! Do you think the bees are honeybees, I cant tell from the pictures. Do you have any other pictures??
No better photos I’m afraid, but I am sure they are honey bees. A few hives are near to us, and the pussy willow is about to open, so hopefully will see more very soon.
Love your floating hellebores. And is anything more delightful than open crocuses flowers?
Absolutely! Crocuses open to the sun with bees buzzing around and the faint warmth of the sunshine is just heaven!
Between this and last week’s vase I think you might have convinced me to steel my nerves and pick a snowdrop or two. They’re so rare and precious in my garden, but to enjoy them like that indoors would be worth it!
Gorgeous hellebores and a beautiful amaryllis.