Friday 13th March

The cherry branches that I cut 10 days or so ago are now in full flower.
All you do is cut the twigs/branches and put them into water.  Once I found some peach prunings lying in my father's garden - they had been there about a week - we brought them indoors, recut the stem ends and put them in a vase - within a week there were beautiful pink flowers.
The cherry is "arranged" in a big pottery vase and under it are some narcissi left over from a photo shoot earlier this week.
Some in a floristy clump
and others in stoneware bottles
 I have an enormous collection of vases - as you might expect - but to be honest 9 times out of 10 I end up with a few stems each in a line of bottles.
Please excuse the weird blurry window - it is a shot double glazed aluminium framed horror that will be replaced when we extend the house this year - its funny though, having lived with it for 5 years, I no longer notice it until I take photographs.

Comments

[Cherry]

very pretty!
have a great weekend, Cherry

[Catherine White]

I love the cherry blossom! My willow twigs are now turning into lambs tails and a few leaves are sprouting too. They have been on the mantle piece for two weeks now and have lasted so much longer than flowers and I think they are actually nicer for this time of year, it's like bringing a piece of spring indoors and watching it emerge up close. Have a lovely weekend, Catherine

[Pipany]

I think that about the mess that is my house Jane! The cherry has been incredible so far this year. Hopefully that means the year out that most of the prunus family took last year will not happen again this. Hoping for a bumper crop of damsons for jam making. Have a great weekend x

[frances]

No worries about any blurry window, all my eyes can see are those lovely blooms.

Have a fabulous weekend!

[Pam]

After your post about sticks I went out to the garden and cut some Amelianchier - and now they're opening up and being just beautiful. So thank you for the timely reminder.
P x

[snapdragonjane]

Oh Amelianchier will be beautiful - do the leaves come out red?
I planted some amelanchier on the boundary here when we moved in but deer ate them to the ground the same night and though they are still alive it will be a few years before I can pick and branches to bring indoors.
J x

[Pam]

That's the thing with Amelianchier - the flower buds come first, so am waiting to see if the leaves will come red, as they do when left on the tree.
Don't you just love the sense of anticipation in Spring? All this 'wait and see' is wonderful.
P x

[dan]

Wonderful flower.
It looks so fresh.
I love the flower.
And you have a beautiful blog.

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