Sunflower Vase
It’s time to use my sunflower pocket vase, filled with assorted sunflowers, of course!
A look at my main garden below with its sunflower ‘trees.’ It always amazes me how fast these grow from tiny seeds to more than 10 feet tall.
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Thank you, Flower!
What a beautiful mixture of flowers and vase Eliza! They are perfect for each other.
Do your gardens get a lot of sunlight with the trees so close behind them?
Thank you, Cindy! The garden faces south, so it gets good sun. The tree to the right of the garden has grown very tall and shades the perennial side until mid-to-late morning. I’m going to have to move some shade lovers in there at some point as the crocosmias are really stretching.
So inspiring! Thank you Eliza
Thank you, Andrea!
Love your vase, perfect for the flowers! Your main garden looks good and colorful, despite all the hot weather!
Thank you, Peter! I’ve had to use the soaker hose a few times this summer, but thankfully, the showers we’ve had have been enough.
This is really beautiful. Apart from the vase, I like the variety of colours of the sunflowers. Oh you are making me look forward to spring!
Thank you, Anne. Get your garden gear ready! 😉
I love the majestic sunflower…..and that little pocket vase!! 🙂
Thank you, Donna. They are a match, for sure!
Wonderful! The dark red one is especially lovely. Is it perhaps Earth Walker? Good to see your vase again as well Eliza!
Thank you, Cathy! I planted several varieties, that one may be ‘Red Sun’ …there was a mixed packet as well that might have ‘Cherokee’ in it. The yellow is ‘Lemon Queen.’
Okay, Eliza, this made me smile and chuckle. What a vase! This would get a blue ribbon in my book. Your gardens are looking lush and lovely. 🙂
Thank you very much, Judy! 🙂
Wow those are tall!! (and beautiful)
Thank you, Karina. They really are giants!
Oh that ‘pocket vase’ is a thing of beauty in itself, so adding sunflowers to it is the icing on the cake – delightful, Eliza!
Thank you, Cathy!
Perfectly gorgeous! A neighbor gave me 4 Ms Mars Sunflowers…he grew them from seed…so pretty & reddish. I’m watering their plants for a few weeks…they have some huge Sunflowers…at least 10′ & gigantic heads with seeds. Impressive.
Thank you, Alice!
‘Russian Giant’ are the biggest sunflowers at 12-14′. Those are the ones you see at the fairs – absolutely huge! I think even these are too big for my garden. 6′ would be better. But I do love the Lemon Queens at the back. 🙂
That’s such a gift for colour and pattern, Eliza!
Thank you kindly, Steve!
Your gardens look gorgeous!! wish I was there. And I love the vase, nothing is more cheering than a vase of Sunflowers. Happy Monday.
Thank you, Amy. You should come visit! Sept. is SO lovely here. 🙂
Thanks.. not so lovely here.
Exactly! Escape the heat for a few days…spare room is ready. 😉
Well, isn’t that just perfection in a vase. So lovely.
Thank you, Susie. 🙂
Wowzers! I love that vase all by itself but it couldn’t be more perfect with those fabulous sunflowers. Mine are still under 3 feet tall and I doubt they’ll get anywhere near as stately as those in your garden.
Thank you, Kris. 🙂 Aren’t those ‘trees’ incredible? The one on the right’s ‘trunk’ is 3″ in diameter at the base. I’m going to need a pruning saw to cut it down!
These are beautiful! I love sunflowers 🙂 Having a little bit of garden envy too….
Thank you, Mel! 🙂
The epitome of summer!
Yes, and I wish it would last and last! 😉
Divine! 🙂
Thank you, Karen! 🙂
How lucky to have such a perfect vase for your sunflowers.
Dare I ask whether you bought the vase for your sunflowers? Or did you buy sunflower seeds to grow to use in the vase? Being a pocket vase means you can have the flowers with short stems and arrange them so beautifully and tightly so they don’t fall over?
Thank you, Vicki. The vase was a gift from my spouse and though I use it largely for sunflowers, I have used it for other flowers, usually late summer because of its autumnal hues. ‘Pocket’ refers to the slatted oval opening and overall shape of the vase, which mimics a pocket. I do have to cut the stems short and pick smaller secondary blooms to fit this vase, and if I criss-cross the stems, they tend to stay put.
Beauteousness Eliza & I love the talavera too!
Thank you, Cindy! I had to look up ‘Talavera’. 😉 Actually, you were close, this is an Artesa vase out of Ecuador. Their hand painted pottery is quite lovely, I have several pieces, vases and bowls mostly.
I love the vase, and have always wondered what I would do with one of those. Now I know!! That one is extraordinary. Your garden looks so lovely! Mine needs watering daily at this point with the heat and the new plants and the lack of rain.
Thank you, Lisa.
Watering is a chore, for sure. I hope you get some rain soon!
Thanks, Eliza.
Very Nice Eliza! Beautiful Flowers!
Thank you, Reed!
Ha, we’re viewing each other’s post simultaneously!
That’s a perfect pot for those sunflowers! I’m also amazed (dazzled would be the word) at the growth rate of sunflowers. And wild grape vines. And corn. And bindweed….
Thank you, Chris. Nature truly is amazing!
The flowers and vase are a perfect match, lovely!
Thank you, Belinda!
Wonderful! Looks as though you could indeed call forth the God of the sun with that vase and flowers.
🙂 Thank you, Laurie. I’ll have to remember to fill it come December! 😉
A vase full of pure sunshine! 😍🌻🌞
Yes, indeed. Thanks, Julie!
What a glorious vase Eliza, it looks especially made for these lovely flowers 🙂💖🌻 xxx
Thank you, Xenia!
On an extremely rainy morning, this vase full of such glorious colour is one huge WOW!
Thank you, Anita. Glad you found it uplifting!
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Thank you for reblogging!
Love that vase!
Thank you, Fi!
Your vase is so cute:)
Thank you, Correne!
Beauty and perfection everywhere this week with the fabulous combination of the sunflowers with your wonderful vase and your beautiful gardens!🙂
Thank you very much! x
Beautiful Eliza! Flowers are a wonderful & natural way to shift from pain to peace and from stress to strength. You have a magic gift to uplift! Andrea :-))
Thank you, Andrea! My garden feeds my soul, for sure. 🙂
It feels ours too!
Glad to know it! 🙂
I love that vase, Eliza! You must have a pretty cool collection by now. Sunflowers are my daughter’s favourite flowers. I love them too. Happy flowers!
Thank you, Dawn! Yes, a LARGE vase collection of over 100, lol. Been collecting for over 40 years, many were gifts.
Oh wow! I love vases too. I’m always scouting vintage shops for old ones. I have a really sweet posy vase that I’ll post for you one of these days.
They are fast growers indeed! What colors!
Thanks, Maria. 🙂
Beautiful Eliza! You could not have used a more perfect vase for this very happy arrangement!
🙂 Thanks so much!
Delightful
Thank you, Dorris!
Beautiful images!
Thank you, Marva!
The gardens are beautiful, but oh my, that vase!!!!
Thank you, Jen! 🙂
How fitting, looks great. 🙂
Thank you!
something magical about sunflowers. a flower for the young and old.
So true. Thanks, Gary.
Sun flowers are some of my favorite flowers. Such happy little pieces of nature. 🤗
They really are so cheerful. 🙂
Summer in a vase. Wonderful! I love that vase, too. 🙂
Thank you, Robin!
So vibrant Eliza, this really is a vase of sunshine!
Thank you, Andrea. They really have the power to cheer a body!
Beautiful and cheering, and as others have already said, such a perfect vase. Your garden looks good too with a lovely variety of plants 🙂
Thank you, Carol. We’re winding down to fall (as you approach spring, lucky you).
Yes we are lucky, though with several days of temps over 30 degrees this week when it is only August we approach summer with a degree of trepidation.
I expect so. Your summers are hotter than ours, but winters are much more mild.
Yes our winters are extremely mild compared to winters where you are!
Very colorful and beautiful!!
Thank you!
I love that pocket. The Earthwalker(?) type of sunflower ties the whole thing together.
Thank you, Allison. It’s a great vase to have this time of year. 🙂
What a lovely garden Eliza. I cant believe how big your sunflowers are. We planted some but they hardly grew at all.
Thank you, Alison. I find these sunny giants amazing that they grow so tall in a few short months. I think like corn they must be heavy feeders. Maybe get some manure for next years bed?
That vase is gorgeous! Just like your incredible garden. I imagine how peaceful a walk through your garden would be. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you, Maria! I do love to visit up close all these plants, and pick lots of bouquets, of course. 🙂
I love seeing them ❤️
Wonderful photographs. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Lane!