August 8th is the anniversary of my first blog post back in 2013, thirteen years ago! Thanks to all who continue to find something here that lifts your spirit and allows you to pause for a moment of stillness in your busy day. Your presence is most appreciated!
I thought I’d change things up this week and share a vase that isn’t pink. 🙃 Primary-colored florals of summer are boldly on display today!
Blue globe thistle (Echinops ritro), red montbretia (Crocosmia aurea ‘Lucifer’), yellow black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) and goldenrod (Solidago sp.) offer the main part of the color scheme. Wild fillers are fleabane (Erigeron annuus), fringed yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium). My prop is a summery note card with sunflower art on the front.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
The most abundant time of year in my garden is here and today’s mix is proof of that. It is hard to limit myself when picking and I end up with a vase full every time I go out to select ‘just a few.’
Pink: coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), spider flower (Cleome hassleriana), flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata). Yellow: Calendula officinalis crosses, Zinnia elegans ‘Envy’ and bronze fennel flowers (Foeniculum vulgare). Accents: purple Verbena bonariensis and gray-green poppy seed heads (Papaver somniferum).
A small second vase holds Zinnia marylandica ‘Zahara Salmon’ and Dahlia ‘Hypnotica Icarus’ and ‘Grandahlia Dark Red.’
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
I made two arrangements this week and couldn’t decide which one to post, so I’ll share both!
In the frosted fern vase, there are spikes of Chinese astilbe (Astilbe chinensis var. tacquettii), coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata), anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) zebra mallow (Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’), Calamintha grandiflora and Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl.’
The second is various yellows in a blue vase:
Racemes of deliciously fragrant Ligularia dentata ‘The Rocket’ accompany gloriosa daisies (Rudbeckia hirta), Zinnia elegans ‘Envy’ and flower/seed heads of dill (Anethum graveolens) and bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare purpureum).
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
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