We are in the midst of changing out our pots in our semi-annual transition. It’s time to replace the winter annuals with summer ones. It means, of course, putting into the compost pile a lot of still beautiful pansies and violas, but that is the price we pay to get a head start on the summer flowers. We are likely to pay that price again next fall when we reverse the process. In a Vase on Monday seems a fitting and just final place for the violas before their banishment to the compost pile.
The tiny vase is one of our small cobalt blue containers.
In a Vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, who invites us each week to share something from our gardens in a vase. Please visit her site to see what she and others are showing this week.
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What a lovely colour! It is sad to remove them while they are still flowering, but an excellent excuse to cut the lot to bring indoors and enjoy head on for a few days!
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Thanks, Cathy. It wasn’t easy, but you are right; they do look nice indoors.
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Pretty vase. Looks like the weather might cooperate, so I’m hoping to squeeze out a few more weeks with my violas before making a change.
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I don’t know why this always seems to be urgent…but we’ll do the same thing in the fall. Liked your article in Carolina Gardener.
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Those are such a delicate color, perfect for spring. We’ve taken photos now and then when the compost pile looked rather lovely with recent floral additions!
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Thanks, Linda. My compost pile is rather colorful right now.
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Too soon after a slow start in the fall to get going, a pause during cold weather, and NOW, and now, they are at their best. I would have thrown myself in front of them and shouted, NO! NOT YET!
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Thank of it as they are in a new home.
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Lovely vase, I like the colour of the violas, it is a pity you have to throw them away! Thanks for sharing, John!
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Thank you, Anca.
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They are a indeed a gorgeous colour. Did you grow them from seed and if so do you know what variety they are? This is always a dilemma, isn’t it, but my pansies are safe for a month or maybe too – but I will plant them in the garden then. Have you not got a space you could squeeze yours into…?
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Sorry, Cathy. I don’t know the name of the violas. I don’t have the space or setup to grow things from seed. I’m looking for a spot to plant them in for the few weeks before the really hot weather comes.
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I am very fond of violas and pansies, I actually prefer the smaller V. tricolor Johnny Jump Ups the to bigger pansies. They make a very lovely small bouquet.
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My JJUs just started jumping today
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Lovely to give the violas a chance in a vase before they are consigned to the compost John!! It will be quite a few weeks yet before I can change over my pots.
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Thanks, Julie. Enjoy yours while they last.
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Wow John…I am still getting mine to grow more before I plant them out….I just love any flowers in the viola family. These are such a lovely shade of pinky purple.
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Right now the Johnny Jump ups are starting to bloom. I didn’t plant them; they just showed up years ago and I let them have their way.
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Glad you repurposed the violas today. They look perfect in the cobalt vase. Mine look so happy I think I’ll give them another few weeks.
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Thanks, Susie. It’s never an easy decision each year…when to trade…but I learned in a very hot summer some years ago that early April is the best time.
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Beautiful!
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