I was going to write something about the changing clocks and how I become quite discombobulated days before and days afterwards, and how I wished they would not mess around with the clocks. However as it not actually pouring with rain today, I have decided that I would instead ground myself in the lovely activity of picking flowers and arranging them for today's rendezvous chez Cathy for In a Vase on Monday.
This week another studio pottery vase found a few years ago, with its asymmetrical shape and a low centre of gravity makes a return to IAVOM with a few small stems. It looks that there may be three elements here, however both those lovely leaves and the white flowers are from Persicaria Red Dragon. The Chrysanthemum is Chrysanthemum 'Picasso'.
It is towards September and October that any Chrysanthemums come to the fore in the garden. They need the shortening days to come into flower. I was able to reintroduce Chrysanthemum Picasso which I first acquired under the HPS Plant preservation Scheme. I lost it as it did not prove to be hardy, or was it that I had dug it up and potted it up to have some protection during the winter months. This year it is staying in the ground but with a good mulch. I do hope it survives, as it is such a lovely plant just the right size for the garden here.
The Ginkgo has started to turn a lovely yellow, so a few leaves were picked up to nestle at the base of the arrangement.
Lovely!
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DeleteI love the foliage and the orange Mums. Just beautiful. Happy IAVOM!
ReplyDeleteThanks Beth, I will have to use those Chrysanthemums again in a different light they look more pink.
DeleteOh the mums so lovely with the dark foliage.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna, the 'Red Dragon' is quite precious to me as the original plant was brought by Cathy when she first visited me.
DeleteSuch a beautiful soft orange chrysanthemum Noelle. I hope that it comes through the winter for you 🤞
ReplyDeleteThanks Anna, it is a charming plant, and I hope it does too.
DeleteI was hoping for a close up of the asymmetrical vase, Noelle - I shall have to use my imagination instead! I love the result with the pretty orange chrysanthemum and our old favourite Red Dragon. I do hope Picasso gets through the winter
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy, I may just have to show it again another time. Yes the plant you brought has many admirers and I have been able to give many plants away too.
DeleteVery pretty, Noelle! It does look as though the vase contains 3 elements. I love the vase itself too. Our clocks in the US don't move back until November 3rd, which is annoying as it's dark so early now, but perhaps US regulators wanted to give kids an early start with their Halloween trick-or-treating. Frankly, I wish we'd leave these annual manipulations alone once and for all as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris, I really don't understand why the clock changes are not discontinued.
DeleteI love the dynamic movement of your design Noelle. I would have guessed your Chrysanthemum was a dahlia. It's sometimes hard for me to tell them apart. Lovely color and arranged so beautifully in your special vase.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful, the flowers and the vase! I hate the clock change too. We've passed the bill to not go back and forth but somehow we still do have to fuss with it.
ReplyDeleteA stunning and elegant arrangement Noelle. The Persicaria foliage makes more of an impression on me in a vase than were I to see it in the garden. And the Chrysanthemum is a good match for it. I know our host Cathy loves that particular Persicaria too. The added touch with the Gingko leaves is perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love the angular Persicaria leaves, their colour works well with the mums. Hope your plant survives! Eliza
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