Monday 8 August 2016

In a Vase on Monday - Grace

My little apprentice has taken up The Vase Challenge again now the school holidays are here...home made vases and daisies, and butterflies too.


This week Cathy's Vase is a blaze of colour, she just kept adding more and more..and turned up all sixes.  Do go over there and see the wide variety of flowers and from there vases from far and wide.


After a severe prunning a few weeks ago, Grace is looking bonny again.  I love that apricot colour contrasting nicely with  pale green leaves.  In the vase, to 'support' grace in more ways than one, are some stems of Leycesteria Formosa Golden Lanterns.  The Lanterns have started to have purple berries, and to complement them, I popped in a few stems of Sedum Purple Emperor still in bud,and  a piece of floppy euphorbia.  I'm not sure which it is.  It self seeds around the garden, is a little prone to mildew, and is often cut down with the expectation of fresh purple leaves within a couple of weeks.  It may be amygdaloides purpurea, but I would welcome suggestions.

 Finally a couple of fern leaves which don't really show up well in this picture: Athyrium Noponicum, and Athyrium Otophorum 'Okanum', which either have a purple stem or purple bits.

It is now getting so hot that the only room to put flowers in where they will last more than a day or so is the north facing living room.  I posed the flowers with some shells which I have had for many years.  The large one is almost the same colour as the rose, my mother had this Triton Trumpet Shell up on her pelmet for many years.  Its one of my many lovely treasures.  I made up this vase a couple f days ago, when I got up early to cut the flowers, and I knew we would be lolling around Saturday and Sunday and could enjoy this one over the weekend.  Monday morning is a bit of rush for me



10 comments:

  1. Oh so charming - do I see Duck Tape on those vases so beautifully put together by your apprentice - they are delightful!
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  2. Grace's apricot hue is breathtaking. So lovely. Your helper's vases are bright and cheerful.

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  3. Gorgeous flowers. The Apricot roses look beautiful enough to eat. Yummmmy. Your little apprentice has done a fine job with her vases too. Happy Monday.

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  4. Those roses are really pretty, Noelle, and the leaves and blooms of the Leycesteria complement their peachy shade. Great choice - and well done to your Apprentice too. Her home made vases are beautiful too and I am so pleased she is responding to your encouragement

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  5. Your little apprentice has a promising future, especially as she makes her own vases. I love that apricot rose - it's everything a rose should be. I was also pleased to see the pretty Leycesteria. I planted one of another variety last fall but it has yet to do much of anything - it's marginal here, where it's probably too hot and too dry, but at least it's not dead.

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    1. I hope your Leycesteria flourishes...mine was in the doldrums for a couple of years, but now it is doing well.

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  6. The roses are just fabulous! and I love your shells with them.

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  7. I've never seen a more lovely or graceful rose - beautiful! And the homemade vases by your 'apprentice' are sweet as can be. It's a wonderful thing to inspire the next generation.

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    1. Thanks Eliza, I am also being inspired by my apprentice...she is exploring art etc...

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  8. Your rose really is beautiful Noelle. The Leycesteria and Sedum buds are a lovely contrast too. Good to see your talented apprentice also enjoys working with flowers! ;-)

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