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In a Vase on Monday: A Sad Morning for Pansies

Posted on February 8, 2016 by johnvic8

Well, it’s Monday morning, cold and dreary, and my Carolina Panthers football team lost the Super Bowl last night. Congratulations for a game well played by the Denver Broncos. Monday is also time for In a Vase on Monday, so it’s … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Just Floating Along

Posted on November 30, 2015 by johnvic8

Today is Monday; they said it would rain…and it is, so I jumped ahead yesterday to grab what few flowers are available from my garden to include In a Vase on Monday. Because all of these are rather small, it seemed … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Going and Coming

Posted on May 18, 2015 by johnvic8

This week’s Vase is filled with some of the last peonies and a few of the earliest blooms on the ‘Anthony Waterer’ spirea. It is truly a time of transition in my garden, as I start to look for late spring/summer and … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday

Posted on March 30, 2015 by johnvic8

For this week’s In a Vase on Monday, I must rely on some of the flowers you have seen before. These, however, are among the things that are blooming right now and are the obvious choices. As more plants grow and begin to flower, … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: The Governor Has Arrived

Posted on March 23, 2015 by johnvic8

It seems like months that I have been waiting for the Camellia japonica ‘Governor Mouton’ to open. Buds have looked like they were ready to pop for weeks, but the cold weather we have experienced just shut them down, that … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Still in Bloom

Posted on October 20, 2014 by johnvic8

Many of the blooms that have appeared in my recent postings for In a Vase on Monday are still the ones that are predominate in my mid October garden. The flower colors in the garden now are primarily pink and white, with an occasional … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: The First of the Montauks

Posted on September 29, 2014 by johnvic8

This week, as my contribution to In a Vase on Monday, I would like to place a spotlight on the Montauk daisies (Nipponanthemum nipponicum) which are now blooming in my sunny side garden. These fall blooming daisies add a welcome bit of brilliant … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: 9/15/2014

Posted on September 15, 2014 by johnvic8

In this week’s edition of In a Vase on Monday I am happy to present flowers from my mid-September garden. Several plants are beginning to rebloom as fall approaches, so some of the blossoms are repeats from earlier submissions. In the center … Continue reading →

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