A thick layer of yellow pollen was covering everything yesterday, as the conifers in the woods all around us are flowering. There were literally clouds of it every time the wind stirred, but fortunately an overnight shower had settled it enough for me to pick a few tulips this morning for today’s vase.
In the centre this lovely orange one is flowering in The ‘Edge. (It may be Ballerina….?)
The pink one on the right is a new one – Mariette – and the paler pink one on the left was planted out from a pot a couple of years ago and the name is long forgotten. They have come back well, despite the excavation work carried out by mice in the winter!
This pale yellow one, also planted out from pots last year, has a slight orange tinge to the edges which makes me think of  ice cream with raspberry sauce…. 😆 Some Pulsatilla seedheads, chocolatey Geranium phaeum and a lime green Euphorbia polychroma accompany it.
Somehow the day got away from me, so I am late posting my vase. But it was a good day with a visit to a garden centre and then some gardening later on. However, the highlight of the day was the discovery of vegan Babybel cheese. Swoon! 🤣
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting ‘In a Vase on Monday’.
Happy gardening everyone!
Words and Herbs 