The fresh garden flowers are taking a break this week, allowing me to show some of the dried flowers prepared last summer. The vase is a soap stone one bought in China and given to me by my mother several decades ago.
The pale green of the vase is not quite the right hue or shade to match with fresh foliage and flowers, so at last it gets an outing and pairs fairly well with some of the flowers I dried last year.
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| Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus |
Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus dries well and keep its form, and Origanum 'Emma Stanley' too with the colour only fading slightly.
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| Origanum 'Emma Stanley' dried |
I have quite a few dried poppy seed heads around so choose three for the vase, and at the base are three more where the outer skin has been removed to leave the fine inner formations. A couple of years ago I noticed such 'skeletons' where I had dropped poppy seed heads on the beds, and used it again last year to great advantage.
This is so pretty, Noelle, the colours go perfectly with this most unusual vase. I'm intrigued by the dried Pseudodictamnus which –like the poppy seed heads– is a work of art. The origanum looks vibrant and fresh and complements the brown shades so well.
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