White vase?
or dark cloisonne vase?
It stayed in this vase in the coolness of the sitting room. The seed pods were picked up last autumn, from the square in Kenilworth where a couple of trees names unknown grow. Update: Cathy asks what they are..and I have researched and can confirm that the beans are from The Golden Honey Locust Tree: Glenditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst'. Next week I shall take and post some pictures of the trees in the square.
and so much choice in blooms from the garden, too....
This week: Hydrangea Vanille Fraise whilst it is white and before the pink tinge starts, the seed heads of Sanguisorba officinalis 'Pink Tanna', and Persicaria Red Dragon. This time I had Red Dragon picked and plunged in a deep bucket on Sunday evening, so Monday morning is was in good condition. When I last used Red Dragon, it had rooted in the vase, and is already potted up and in friends' gardens!
Cathy who hosts this meme, and was the giver of the Persicaria plant, has an interesting theme this week, and has some lovely blooms grown from seed. Do go over and have a look at her offering this week.
The Red Dragon leaves look so artistic in the vase, as do the little dots (dithers?) of the Sanguisorba flowers, and complement the plumes of the Hydrangea. They look very sophisticated, Noelle. I like both vases, the white one picks up the white of the Hydrangeas nicely, and the dark one accentuates the Red Dragon. I read the hint about rooting Red Dragon in water from IAVOM last year and cut all my stems in autumn and put them in water, with the result that I have a new bed of them now, and I imagine even more for next year after I do it again this fall.
ReplyDeleteYou have such an elegant turn of phrase, many thanks for your lovely description, Hannah.
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DeleteI am so pleased Your Red Dragon is working hard for you - and doesn't it look elegant in your vase alongside the sanguisorbia and the hydrangea. Those seed pods are amazing - someone must be able to identify them, surely?
ReplyDeleteYou have spurred me to update the IaVoM post with the name of the tree. We have a number of the Golden Honey Locust trees in the square in Kenilworth, a couple with circular seats around them. Now that I have read up about this tree, it sounds like an ideal tree for a garden or verge side.
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