Even if the light is poor, and the photograph a little grainy, why should this little posy with flowers from the garden not get posted for this week's In a Vase on Monday?
Clematis Sugar Sweet was the starting point, to which I added some Thyme Jekka, Hardy Geranium Elizabeth Anne, and her dark foliage, a stem of Ajuga Reptans 'Atropurpurea, and Semiaquilegia ecalarata. My little soldier that I bought from a street peddler in Xi'an is there to give scale to the arrangement.
Since the Semiaquilegia comes from China, I wonder whether any real soldiers would have knelt down to admire them? Maybe It would have inspired a general to compose a poem about them to send home to their beloved.
What a beautiful clematis! And keeping company with other lovely springtime plants.
ReplyDeleteThe clematis is so effective as a focal point for your tussie mussie, Noelle, and I should think of using it more often although I find its 'lastability' very variable - do let us know how long this lasts. Its companions are really well balanced in terms of shade and form
ReplyDeleteSadly by Wednesday the clematis had wilted, but they were out of water by then. I don't mind flowers that last only a day or two, as I can change them so easily. I have had other clematis that lasted much longer.
DeleteIt's a beautiful composition, Noelle, from Clematis to kneeling soldier to your fanciful imagination.
ReplyDeleteYour vase is delightful and full of little treasures. Love the Semiaquilegia which goes so well with the Clematis and Geranium. As for your question: yes, we do have lots of dog roses in the hedgerows. Have a lovely week
ReplyDeleteA beautiful vase full of dainty spring treasures. I like the semiaquilegia. I imagine that Roman soldiers were less tall so they wouldn't have had to bend down as much to inspect them closely as their modern counterparts would 😂 Who knows what odes flowed?
ReplyDeleteI was writing about way back, where this plant was indigenous which was China, as I also had one of my little Terracotta soldiers kneeling down, as he would have to do to look into the semiaquilegia. Maybe a Tanka would suit?
DeleteCut down by sword
Without spilt blood
I send you this emblem
Of our love continuing
Pressed between the fold of this Sheet.
Poem by a soldier sending his love a flower from the battle field.
A lovely vase Noelle, and a lovely idea that soldiers may have admired sich a delicate plant. I had one of those Semiaquilagias some time back but it was not happy in my garden and simply vanished one year. So nice to see yours! The clematis is beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteI love that Thyme and wish to find some. And the colors. Are you drawing this one?
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