Monday 15 June 2015

In a Vase on Monday

As a garden and flower lover, I love to look for inspiration.  Although I have been picking flowers from the garden since I was a little girl, I still prefer the informal bunches I make.  I do love to look at the artistic and elaborate arrangements in competitions, but this is not my style.

I've been encouraged by looking to see what other people have posting, Rambling in the Garden is a favourite.

Today the garden yielded so much, that again it is two little vases:

Can a pewter tankard be a vase?  Of course, but with no beer, or maybe beer is good for flowers?
Rose Crown Princess Margareta, Blue Centaurea Montana, Geranium Ibericum, and the 'Chelsea Chop' of the sedum.  They were just the right green, and helped to keep the roses firmly balanced in the mug.

One of my favourite places to place a small bunch of flowers is by my Terracotta Soldier, which I brought all the way from China hand luggage, many moons ago.


The next arrangement is really just to try some blooms to see whether they hold, and how they will perform perfume wise.


Self seeded love in the mist, Centaurea Montana Alba, sprigs of parahebe, but the petals are already falling, Rose Princess Ann, Astrantia Major, Clematis, name not known, leaves and flowers of various Heuchera, Valeriana officinalis, and Dicentra Eximia commonly called Fringed Bleeding Heart, and I almost missed the two leaves of Hart's tongue fern.

Tomorrow is my Old Friend Rita's Birthday, but lucky for her, she has been whisked away by her daughter for a little holiday.  I have just heard this, which is why I had made two posies, one to take over to her with a card.

8 comments:

  1. I really love both vases but the bright pink has a slight edge for my favorite....love the variety of flowers. Of course that peachy colored rose is stunning too! Your friend will love the posy....

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    1. As she is now down in the West Country, this one will be staying put, but when she returns there will be another one from the garden.

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  2. And of course a pewter tankard can count as a 'vase' (reminder to self, we have one of those somewhere...) - you will see from other Monday vases that it is indeed a very loose term and out of the box thinking is encouraged!! Crown Princess Margareta is such a lovely rose and doesn't it look good with your garden stalwarts? I have looked out for a white perennial centaurea but haven't seen one - will keep looking. Are they as reliable as the blue ones? Your pink vase is equally pretty - I considered princess Anne when I bought more roses last Autumn - they had a beautiful example in a huge pot at David Austen when we went. Do let us know how long your clematis lasts in water - and thank you for joining us!

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    1. Princess Anne is just about the healthiest rose tree I have ever grown. As for the white perennial Centaurea, it is fabulous. As I have had so many admire it, I am already propagating it. I bought the plant from Avondale Nursery at Bagington near her. I'd be happy to post you a plant as soon as they have bushed out a bit, ready to plant in the Autumn.

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    2. The clematis usually lasts as long as all the other flowers. I find that it is best to pick the blooms after about two days after their opening on the vine, ie not too 'tender'.

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  3. Both vases are beautiful! The color combinations in each are wonderful. It's your friend's loss that she's left town and missed her posy.

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  4. loving the middle arrangement especially - each picture tells a story - fabulous

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  5. You have some lovely blooms. I'm struck by how wonderful that first vase looks by staging it in from of the terracotta figure. Quite striking. Susie

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