The garden is getting that mid Summer Look. Seed heads, Fuchsias and Penstemons this week. The Love in the Mist are seedlings from last year crop, which ought to have been weeded out much earlier, the poppies with no name, the Fuchsia a hardy one but with no name, and a lovely deep purple Penstemom.
Cathy has prompted me, and on consideration, looking at the form of the plant, shape of flowers etc., I believe that it is Fuchsia Riccartonii.
The Vase is the bottom of an Arts and Crafts period Pewter biscuit barrel, that has a lovely lid. It usually sits on a kitchen shelf along with some other pewter bits. The mosaic birds were bought from and made by my friend Helen Clues who is based at the Farthing Gallery in Kenilworth. We just happened to be invited to a soiree just before we moved, and I fell in love with the Lovey Doves as Mr S and I are....
The Penstemon was given to me by neighbour Val, which was from a cutting from one bought by her mother. It is a lovely plant too, and yesterday I took cuttings. We shall see in a few weeks if they have taken.
As for the lack of names, I could have posted a 'wordless' IAVOM........Cathy who gathers us together has a very colourful arrangement, together with a great story woven around her theme of Bright Eyes. Do go and have a look, other too will join in, and well worth a dip into, not only for lovely arrangements from home grown flowers, but dotted here and there good prose, photographs and gardening tips.
Noelle, that is a lovely arrangement and I like the Penstemon very much. Isn't it difficult sometimess to get a name for your vase each week? Your title is a good one. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Noelle!!! Love those colors together with all the greenery. Very striking and pleasing to the eye!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy...On the shelf they are really just at my eye level.
DeleteThe colours of the blooms and foliage are set off so well by the pewter, Noelle, and thanks for admitting you and Mr S are lovey doves - the Golfer and I still consider ourselves newly weds after 23 years! The penstemon is probably Raven and the fuchsia is likely to be a simple F magellanica
ReplyDeleteAhh..bet you still walk along holding hands too. I have F magellanica in the front garden, though we are in the process of digging it out. It has huge roots to be sure and suckers easily, planted by the builders probably. This Fuchsia is probably Fuchsia Riccartoniie whichhas rounder flowers, and the plant only grows to about 80cm, as I prune it quite hard, and is very well behaved in comparison. I bought it as a plug plant from a specialist who visited our gardening club.
DeleteI think there are some lovely bright eyes in your arrangement too! Very pretty! I love it! Amanda https://therunningwave.blogspot.com/2020/06/another-wild-bunch-in-vase-on-monday.html
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda..it was a bit of a struggle, mind not quite in the right place this morning!
DeleteThe Penstemon and Fuchsia go very well together, and the seedheads really make this quite striking. With the pewter 'vase' it is a lovely arrangement!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy, and to think on Sunday I was wondering if there would be anything worth putting together!
DeleteI rarely manage to get that kind of height in an arrangement - yours is elegant and stately. I envy both the penstemon and the fuchsia. Despite the shade house we built with fuchsias in mind, I still haven't had much success in growing them in my current garden. Penstemons also challenge me here, although I've had some luck with Penstemon mexicali; however, those plants and their flowers are very short.
ReplyDeleteYou grow a whole lot which would be impossible here. These are quite content in the garden, and easy to grow. I just love to see those you and others with different climates can achieve with different gardening and flower arranging skills.
DeleteLovely in all respects.
ReplyDeleteThe seed heads make a fine architectural structure with the flowers as color accents. Very well done!
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