In a Vase on Monday. Sunshine in February.

Well actually , there is no sun today , we have grey skies and snow . But never judgment I have brought some sun into the home for my vase this Monday .

Forsythia x intermedia

Of course it is not in bloom outside yet , but I rationalize these branch last workweek and they spread up in the warmth of the house very quickly . Forsythia is such a unwashed sight in every garden that it does n’t lay off us in our caterpillar track , although perhaps it would if we saw it for the first sentence . I am not certain which this one , probably either ’ Lynwood Gold ’ or ‘ Spectabilis ’ . I have dug up countless forsythias in this garden , but I keep this tumid one simply for the pleasure of bringing some other spring into the house . The flower are a lustrous and bright , even rather brash yellow .

Forsythia x intermedia

In my last post I hail unobjectionable and admitted to being a cherry blossom snoot and now I have to admit to being a forsythia snob . But when buy plants I do conceive in corrupt the best and choicest cultivars . Rather than choose the ubiquitous canary- yellow forsythia I would go for the lovely primrose yellowForsythia suspensa‘Nymans ’ . But then perhaps on a day like today , the bright the honorable .

Not even the pickiest plant snob could object to any of the heartfelt niggling reticulated irises . The name comes from the fact that the bulbs are pass over in a net - like coat . They come in a terrific reach of colours and there are some gorgeous new hybrids . Some piffling irises get up twelvemonth after year , especially any of the histrioides hybrids . Others such as the yellowIrisdanfordiaedisappear without trace so you have to treat them like yearly . As it is such a dismal day I retrieve I would bring a few into the house . Some I had in pot in the greenhouse , the others I had to sponge around in the snow to encounter . I usedIris‘Lady Beatrix Stanley ’ , ‘ Alvide ’ , ‘ Harmony’,’Pauline ’ , ‘ Painted Lady ’ and ‘ Katharine ’s Gold ’ . I have nice fat bud of other varieties look to open , so the little iris time of year does n’t come all at once .

Thanks to Cathy atramblinginthegardenfor encouraging us to have some cheery vas to enjoy , specially during the bleak winter months when we gardeners are champing at the bit waiting for give .

Forsythia x intermedia

57 Responses toIn a Vase on Monday. Sunshine in February.

Oh you made me felicitous to woolgather of outpouring even more with these vas … .I do have to cut some forsythia stems presently and my favorite early bulbs are reticulated iris !

Beautiful Iris reticulata . How I lie with them . I now have them growing outside every windowpane of the house so that I can see them whatever the atmospheric condition throw at us . I know what you entail about Forsythia – it ’s wily to localise , but a few stems in the mansion is a sunny increase at this sentence of year .

Thank you for both the brilliant sunny yellow Forsythia and the delightful iris ! I trust your snow disappears soon !

You need to make a tripper to Southern California ! There ’s no blue rain here and plenty of warm sunshine . You do n’t see Forsythia much here as it ’s not suited to our clime but then forcing blooms is n’t a “ thing ” here either . I do wish I could happen Iris reticulata , though . They ’re charming .

Another thought for me to attempt . I ’ve just look at my forsythia and it is in tight bud so I ’ll have to bring some in . I revere it is the running of the mill ubiquitous one but promising and gay none the less . Your Iris are a pleasure .

iris and Forsythia blooming – how prissy ! I ’m at least a calendar month behind you . My Forsythias prime in April , so I should be able-bodied to drive some in March . Thanks for share your spring blooms !

I opine that I might be a forsythia snob too Chloris although a primrose version sounds much more pleasing to the heart . I do apprize the shrub outside the allotment gate though and confess to having occasionally cut off the odd small arm to get home with me . Your bowl filled with little iris is quite dainty .

In a Vase on Monday. Sunshine in February.