Saturday's opening picture of witch hazel Hamamelis 'Magic Fire' growing through dark leaved Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' was the starting point of today's vase, as I noticed the pleasing contrast between them. They were joined by Sarcococca humilis, with a sprinkling of black berries alongside the tiny white buds which are beginning to open and release their intoxicating fragrance, and placed in a shapely deep purple vase, a cheap purchase from a car boot sale I think.
Yesterday, when the vase was created, saw temperatures of nearly 10°C (woohoo!) and sunshine for most of the day, triggering hints of perfume from this and other sarcococca, 
witch hazels, winter flowering honeysuckle, the tiny pink blooms of Prunus mume and winter stalwart Viburnum bodnantense. I wonder if any of these fragrances have ever been used in the perfume industry? Perhaps I could imagine that the fragrance has indeed been bottled and, if I removed the stopper from the Caithness Glass perfume bottle that acts as a prop, the heady fragrance would be released like a genie...
Here in my garden in the UK there are an increasing number of signs that things are on the move, and although I bemoan the fact my snowdrops and hellebores are a little tardy, I know that several more days like this will give them the boost they need. I even found a couple of crocus blooming discretely in the streamside grass! Whether your garden is waking up or still in hibernation, perhaps you can still find something to pick and pop in a vase or jam jar today for IAVOM, and share it with us by leaving the usual links to and from this post.
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