Today is our four year Leap Day and it’s on a Monday, so it is time for In a Vase on Monday, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
The larger vase spotlights unidentified hellebores, including the first yellow one to bloom this year. The supporting elements are candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), spring starflowers (Ipheion uniflorum) ‘Wisley Blue, a few purple pansies, and a Waterford heart to mark the day.
The smaller vase contains the first open bud from Camellia japonica ‘Governor Mouton,’ slightly frost damaged around the edges but a most welcome sight, with a few purple violas.
The spring starflower blooms are the first up this year. There are dozens more coming.
Please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see her vase on the Leap Day.
A Walk in the Garden 
Oh my! This is an absolutely stunning display of garden beauty.
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Thank you, Anna. You must come and see what’s going on in the garden:-)
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John these are fabulous…what a wonderful sight….hellebores and pansies! Can’t wait for mine to finally start blooming. We actually may have an early spring this year! Fingers crossed!
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Thanks a bunch. It’s nice today and things continue to show a bit of color. I am excited.
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I am looking forward to seeing all your different camellias in Monday vases, John – they are always so beautiful. I just love the plethora of petals. And your hellebores look so perky in that clear glass vase. Thanks for sharing
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My choices in camellias will be limited, but the Gov. is full of buds and should be around awhile.
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A lovely choice of flowers John – the hellebores look so at home with the pansies.
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Lovely! So unusual to see such blue flowers – it isn’t common in our part of the world.
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Thank you. I love blue and lavender flowers.
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Very pretty – I especially love the freckly pale pink hellebore. 🙂
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Cathy, thanks. I wish I had planted more of them…but will in the future.
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Gorgeous collection John. I love the blues.
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Thanks, Susie. This is a fun meme.
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Beautiful blooms I have popped it onto my Pinterest Garden board for others to enjoy.
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That’s very kind of you Lita. Thanks.
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Like you arrangements and lovely flowers…those blues are really bluetiful!
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I’m glad you like the blues, Noelle. They go well with the other flowers. Thanks.
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These are lovely vases – really like the hellebores (didn’t realise you could get yellow one) I’ve got a pink and white one (been in a vase few weeks ago) love the colour of your camellia – ours are about to flower – which will make me v happy 🙂
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Thank you, Bec. I’m sorry I don’t know the names of the hellebores. I moved them from my previous garden and the names were lost in the move.
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Starflower blooms are so beautiful!
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I’m glad you like them, Amy. They multiply like crazy, so they are easy to spread around.
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