It’s time for the first Vase on the first Monday of 2016. I don’t have a lot of choices in this week’s version of my garden, but one thing that is blooming freely throughout and in my neighborhood is the dreaded or beloved (depends on your point of view) dandelion.
Actually I think they make a rather presentable arrangement…easy enough for even me to make in a miniature cobalt blue vase.
Let me recommend you get the new year started right by visiting Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see what she and others are sharing from their gardens this week.
A Walk in the Garden 
That looks great, I thought it was Mums and warm winter!
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Thanks. One has to use what one has.
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All beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to me (from your garden) they are very beautiful.
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Thank you, Christina…and a Happy New Year to you and yours.
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The bees love them, so of course (real) gardeners do too! Only a lawn nazi would object.
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No lawn nazis here. I call them the Garden Police.
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Now, that, is funny.
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I adore your vase. If it hadn’t snowed I was thinking of using some myself. But now they are buried for a little while. Seems it may warm up yet again.
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Thanks, Donna. Those little critters will be poking their heads up before you can shovel your snow.
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How clever of you to pick dandelion flowers and enjoy their colour and form…no seeds to get blown away in the wind. The early flying insects are usually attracted by them, have you seen any around?
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Thanks. It seems we always have some form of insects about, but I haven’t noticed any attacking the dandelions.
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If Dandelions were not a weed they would be prized for their vibrant colour and their magical seedheads – I love’m. Perfect against the blue.
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Thank you, WD. I do like the color, but not their habits.
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This arrangement made me smile! Old man winter has finally arrived, so I won’t be seeing any dandelions around here for a few months.
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I am glad, Elizabeth, to share a bit of joy at this time of year. Glad you are smiling.
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A wonderful bit of spring sunshine! Have to admit I used to really love them until they started taking over my lawn in dry weather. Now I look down from above and almost start shaking if I see any yellow heads reared on the two lawns below. All I will have if I don’t water in the summer will be a dandelion meadow! But lovely little treat for a Monday John!
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Thanks, Cathy. Sometimes we have to take what we can find. Have a great New Year.
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I am so happy to see the humble dandelion in a starring role for a change John – great idea! You may be jealous of my news – I have camellias in flower this week (not enough to cut then yet) – this is the earliest I have ever had them, partly due to warm temperatures here but al so I think as a result of my rigorous feeding regime in the early summer – I have never managed to feed them regularly before but I think it has paid dividends.
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I am indeed jealous. Mine have been knocked down by heavy rains, and now freezing weather has taken all the sasanquas. The Japonica buds are holding up, so I am optimistic about them. I have never been rigorous in feeding mine; perhaps I should try this year.
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Oh and why not, John – if you hadn’t told us they were dandelions there are various blooms we might have guessed that they were. It’s in the eye – or the mind really – of the beholder, and they look most pretty in that lovely blue vase
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Thank you, Cathy. I really hadn’t thought of an “identify this blossom” contest, but I can see how the dandelion blooms could be confused with others…particularly if you aren’t thinking outside the veritable box.
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A cheerful way to start the new year, and even here in the north I’ve been seeing dandelions open.
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Be careful in the cold. Seeing dandelions in bloom when nothing else is is always a lifter upper.
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Poor dandelions, they are so disliked. I don’t mind them, but then again, I live in an apartment. If I had a yard I might feel differently. They were so much fun to play with as a kid though.
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Glad you liked them, Cynthia.
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