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In a Vase on Monday: The Sweetest Flowers

6/4/2018

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This is a humble little arrangement which I put together in a big hurry, but these flowers are some of my favorites and so dear to my heart. A friend very kindly gave me some lily-of-the-valley last week and a few stems got broken in the transplanting process, so I had an excuse to use them in this vase where I can enjoy their heavenly fragrance close-up! 
All of these flowers seem to be favorite subjects for poems, so I included a little verse for each that I often remember when I think of them. :)
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               "White bud! thou ’rt emblem of a lovelier thing,
​​The broken spirit that its anguish bear
​To silent shades, and there sits offering
  To Heaven the holy fragrance of its tears."
                                                              ~George Croly
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"...whose rosy spurred cups look like a double shield ."
                                                 ​~Gardening Among the Chinese
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"It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest."
                                                                                                ~Henry David Thoreau
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"I send thee pansies while the year is young,
Yellow as sunshine, purple as the night;
Flowers of remembrance, ever fondly sung."
                                                                  ~Sarah Dowdney
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I am looking forward to seeing what other gardeners are picking in their gardens this week! You can see them too at Rambling in the Garden. Have a great week! 
24 Comments
JanetLee
6/4/2018 09:02:52 am

Beautiful! Thanks for the walk through your flowers and the lovely poetry!

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:52:37 am

Thank you and i'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

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Magnolia Darjeeling link
6/4/2018 09:21:27 am

All these lovelies made me smile. Our lily of the valley bloomed last week and now it is gone. It is too bad such a sweet flower has such a short season.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:53:36 am

It is too bad it doesn't last longer, but I guess that makes it all the more precious! :)

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Donna@GardensEyeView link
6/4/2018 09:45:15 am

You used such sweet flowers...many our spring favorites of mine.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:54:10 am

They are all favorites of mine, too. :)

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Peter link
6/4/2018 10:25:24 am

So very sweet. I love this arrangement and the poetry for each flower.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:54:40 am

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

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Eliza link
6/4/2018 11:12:51 am

A lovely bouquet of spring and I like the accompanying verses!

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:55:15 am

Thank you Eliza :)

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Cathy link
6/4/2018 01:15:14 pm

Glad you sorted out your technical issues from last week!! So nice to have the poem to accompany your pretty blooms - thank you for sharing all of them

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:56:07 am

Me too! I guess it was happening to everyone on Weebly, but they fixed it the next day.

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AlisonC link
6/4/2018 01:36:55 pm

Sometimes the smallest vases are the sweetest and you don't get sweeter than pansies and forget me nots.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:57:20 am

Thank you Alison :)

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Kris P link
6/4/2018 01:49:28 pm

Such pretty spring blooms! My own garden has moved well into summer mode already (not that I can grow lily-of-the-valley or bleeding heart to start with).

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 11:59:02 am

We are just at the transition point between spring and summer flowers here. I guess there are gardening advantages and disadvantages in every climate!

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Cathy link
6/4/2018 02:27:03 pm

A pretty vase Joanna, with some of my favourite spring flowers. :) I always think of Lily of the Valley and Forget-me-nots as the most romantic of spring flowers, so it is appropriate the heart-shaped Dicentra is with them too!

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 12:00:29 pm

Thank you, Cathy! I think they are the most romantic flowers, too. I'm actually surprised that more hasn't been written poetically about Dicentra!

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Nancy
6/4/2018 10:51:15 pm

Lovely sweet arrangement. Isn't it fun seeing new things in the garden to gather.

Enjoy your flowers.

Nancy

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 12:01:02 pm

Thank you very much, Nancy! :)

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Jason B Kay link
6/5/2018 12:11:57 pm

A very sweet arrangement indeed, and I enjoyed the poetic commentary.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 12:01:22 pm

Thank you!

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Christina link
6/6/2018 09:24:33 am

A very pretty spring-like vase. Lucky you to be given some Lily of the Valley.

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Joanna link
6/6/2018 12:01:54 pm

Yes it was a very sweet gift!

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